Systematic Review: Cardiac Resynchronization in Patients with Symptomatic Heart Failure

Figure 4. CHF = congestive heart failure; COMPANION = Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Chronic Heart Failure; CONTAK- CD = Guidant CONTAK CD CRT-D System Trial; MIRACLE = Multicenter InSync Randomized Clinical Evaluation; MIRACLE-ICD = Multicenter InSync Randomized Clinical Evaluation ICD [implantable cardioverter-defibrillator]; MUSTIC-AF = Multisite Stimulation in Cardiomyopathies Atrial Fibrillation; MUSTIC-SR = Multisite Stimulation in Cardiomyopathies Sinus Rhythm; PATH-CHF = Pacing Therapies for Congestive Heart Failure.
Figure 4. CHF = congestive heart failure; COMPANION = Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Chronic Heart Failure; CONTAK- CD = Guidant CONTAK CD CRT-D System Trial; MIRACLE = Multicenter InSync Randomized Clinical Evaluation; MIRACLE-ICD = Multicenter InSync Randomized Clinical Evaluation ICD [implantable cardioverter-defibrillator]; MUSTIC-AF = Multisite Stimulation in Cardiomyopathies Atrial Fibrillation; MUSTIC-SR = Multisite Stimulation in Cardiomyopathies Sinus Rhythm; PATH-CHF = Pacing Therapies for Congestive Heart Failure. Changes in quality of life with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) versus controls (based on the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure [MLWHF] Questionnaire).

This Article

  1. Ann Intern Med September 7, 2004 vol. 141 no. 5 381-390