Cardiac Resynchronization Is Inappropriate For Patients With Short QRS, Study Confirms
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The trial shows that cardiac-resynchronization therapy does not reduce mortality or hospitalizations in heart failure patients with a QRS duration shorter than 130 milliseconds on an electrocardiogram. The finding essentially affirms current guidelines, but it does not support off-label practice by some cardiologists who had hoped CRT could be useful in a broader patient population.