The purpose of this study is to assess whether baseline sympathetic innervation in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) is predictive for response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). And to assess whether response to CRT coincides with restoration of regional sympathetic innervation.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
University Medical Center Groningen
Groningen, Provincie Groningen, Netherlands
sympathetic innervation in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF)
Time frame: 6 months
NYHA class Echocardiographic parameters: LVEDD, LVESD, LVEF, LVESV,IVMD, and septal to lateral delay Hospitalization for heart failure Maximal oxygen consumption NT pro-BNP changes
Time frame: 6 months
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