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SUBMITTER: Wieslander B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4441032 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wieslander Björn B Wu Katherine C KC Loring Zak Z Andersson Linus G LG Frank Terry F TF Gerstenblith Gary G Tomaselli Gordon F GF Weiss Robert G RG Wagner Galen S GS Ugander Martin M Strauss David G DG
Journal of electrocardiology 20130326 3
<h4>Introduction</h4>Outcome of cardiac resynchronization therapy is severely worsened by myocardial scar at the left ventricular (LV) pacing site. We aimed to describe the diagnostic performance of electrocardiographic (ECG) criteria based on the Selvester QRS scoring system, first in localizing myocardial scar and second in screening for any non-septal scar in patients with strictly defined LBBB.<h4>Methods and results</h4>In 39 cardiomyopathy patients with LBBB, 17 with scar, 22 without scar, ...[more]