The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony and the risk of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) in patients enrolled in the MADIT-CRT (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) trial.
Kutyifa, V., Pouleur, A.-C., Knappe, D., Al-Ahmad, A., Gibinski, M., Wang, P. J., McNitt, S., Merkely, B., Goldenberg, I., Solomon, S. D., Moss, A. J., & Zareba, W. (2013). Dyssynchrony and the risk of ventricular arrhythmias. JACC : Cardiovascular Imaging, 6(4), 432-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.12.008 (Original work published 2013)