Abstract

MENDOZA GONZALEZ, Celso; ITURRALDE TORRES, Pedro  and  MEDEIROS DOMINGO, Argelia. Electrical therapy in heart failure. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2002, vol.72, n.4, pp.350-359. ISSN 1665-1731.

The different means for treating congestive heart failure have not yet achieved the improvement in quality of life and the prognosis of people with terminal stage cardiac disease. Some treatment resources, such as cardiac transplant, are only accessible for a selected group of patients. In the last decade, the interest on the role of electromechanic disturbances has grown and has motivated special interest for the use of the pace-maker as a tool for the treatment of congestive heart failure. During this period we have seen an important progress of this kind of treatment and, nowadays, multicenter studies have shown the hemodynamic improvement of the patients treated with this method. Selection of patients for this kind of treatment should be careful; although today it can be known which patients can benefit from this device in the treatment of congestive heart failure.

Keywords : Congestive heart failure; Biventricular pacing; Resynchronization therapy.

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