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© 2017 The Authors Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) requires a high percentage of ventricular pacing (%Vp) to maximize its clinical benefits. Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been shown to reduce %Vp in CRT due to competition with irregular intrinsic atrioventricular (AV) conduction. We report the results of a prospective randomized crossover trial evaluating the amount of effective CRT delivered during AF with a novel algorithm (eCRTAF). Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether eCRTAF increases the amount of effective CRT delivered during AF compared to a currently available rate regularization algorithm. Methods: Patients previously implanted with a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator and with a history of AF and intact AV conduction received up to 4 weeks of control (Conducted AF Response) and up to 4 weeks of eCRTAF in a randomized sequence. The percent effective CRT (%eCRT) pacing, which excludes beats without left ventricular capture, %Vp, and mean heart rate (HR) were recorded during AF and sinus rhythm. Results: The eCRTAF algorithm resulted in a significantly higher %eCRT during AF than control (87.8% ± 7.8% vs 80.8% ± 14.3%; P <.001) and %Vp during AF than control (90.0% ± 5.9% vs 83.2% ± 11.9%; P <.001), with a small but statistically significant increase in mean HR of 2.5 bpm (79.5 ± 9.7 bpm vs 77.0 ± 9.9 bpm; P <.001). Conclusion: In a cohort of CRT patients with a history of AF, eCRTAF significantly increased %eCRT pacing and %Vp during AF with a small increase in mean HR. This algorithm may represent a novel noninvasive method of significantly increasing effective CRT delivery during AF, potentially improving CRT response.
Author(s): Plummer CJ, Frank CM, Bari Z, Al Hebaishi YS, Klepfer RN, Stadler RW, Ghosh S, Liu S, Mittal S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Heart Rhythm
Year: 2018
Volume: 15
Issue: 3
Pages: 369-375
Print publication date: 01/03/2018
Online publication date: 11/11/2017
Acceptance date: 02/04/2016
Date deposited: 19/03/2018
ISSN (print): 1547-5271
ISSN (electronic): 1556-3871
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.10.026
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.10.026
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