@inproceedings{HeinkeDannbergSolbrigetal.2014, author = {Matthias Heinke and Gudrun Dannberg and Olaf Solbrig and J{\"u}rgen Quereng{\"a}sser and Helmut K{\"u}hnert}, title = {Optimization of atrioventricular and interventricular pacing delay in biventricular pacing with different left ventricular electrode position}, series = {Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik}, volume = {59}, number = {S1}, publisher = {Walter de Gruyter}, address = {Berlin, Boston}, issn = {0013-5585 (Print)}, doi = {10.1515/bmt-2014-5002}, pages = {S230 -- S232}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Cardiac resynchronization therapy with atrioventricular and interventricular pacing delay optimized biventricular pacing is an established therapy for heart failure patients with sinus rhythm and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. The aim of the study was to evaluate atrioventricular and interventricular pacing delay optimization in cardiac resynchroniza-tion therapy by transthoracic impedance cardiography in biventricular pacing with different left ventricular electrode po-sition. In biventricular pacing heart failure patients with lateral, posterolateral and anterolateral left ventricular electrode position, the mean optimal atrioventricular sening delay was 108.6 ± 20.3 ms and the mean optimal interventricular pac-ing delay -12.3 ± 25.9 ms. Transthoracic impedance cardiography may be a useful technique to optimize atrioventricular and interventricular pacing delay in biventricular pacing with different left ventricular electrode position.}, language = {en} }