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1 Editoriale Recenti Prog Med 2013; 104: …-…
Ruolo dell’ecocardiogramma
nella valutazione della dissincronia ventricolare
nei pazienti candidabili alla resincronizzazione cardiaca
Ivano Bonadei, Enrico Vizzardi, Antonio D’Aloia, Filippo Quinzani, Marco Magatelli,
Francesca Salghetti, Antonio Curnis, Livio Dei Cas
Riassunto. La terapia di resincronizzazione cardiaca (CRT) Role of echocardiography in the diagnosi of ventricular dys-
attualmente rappresenta un trattamento per lo scompenso synchrony in patients selected for cardiac resynchronization.
cardiaco refrattario alla terapia medica ottimizzata. Tutta-
via, circa il 30%-45% dei pazienti selezionati secondo le li- Summary. Currently, cardiac resynchronization therapy
nee-guida, sono non responder alla CRT. Dal momento che (CRT) is a treatment for heart failure refractory to optimized
la CRT è un trattamento invasivo, i candidati a tale terapia medical therapy. However, approximately 30% -45% of pa-
dovrebbero essere scrupolosamente selezionati per garan- tients selected according to the guidelines, are “non re-
tire un ottimale beneficio clinico e strumentale. Nonostan- sponders” to CRT. Since the CRT is an invasive treatment, the
te la sua dimostrata efficacia nel ridurre mortalità ed ospe- candidates for such therapy should be carefully selected to
dalizzazioni in pazienti affetti da scompenso cardiaco cro- ensure an optimal clinical benefit and instrumental. Despite
nico in terapia medica ottimale, la diagnosi di dissincronia its demonstrated effectiveness in reducing mortality and
non è facile. Da un lato alcuni indici ecocardiografici si sono hospitalizations in patients with chronic heart failure on op-
dimostrati inaffidabili; dall’altro, parametri più complessi timal medical therapy, the diagnosis of dyssynchrony is not
necessitano ancora di essere validati prima di essere imple- easy. On the one hand, some echocardiographic indices
mentati nell’uso clinico di routine. Lo scopo del nostro scrit- have proved unreliable, other, more complex parameters
to è stato quello di valutare le tecniche ecocardiografiche still need to be validated before being implemented in clin-
consolidate e non, nella risposta dei pazienti alla CRT. ical routine. The purpose of our review was to evaluate
echocardiographic techniques and not consolidated in pa-
tient response to CRT.
Parole chiave. Dissincronia ventricolare, ecocardiografia, Key words. Cardiac resynchronization, chronic heart fail-
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