Electro-echocardiographic Indices to Predict Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Non-response on Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) threw lights on heart failure treatment, however, parts of patients showed nonresponse to CRT. Unfortunately, it lacks effective parameters to predict CRT non-response. In present study, we try to seek effective electro-echocardiographic predictors on CRT non-response. This is a retrospective study to review a total of 227 patients of dyssynchronous heart failure underwent CRT implantation. Logistic analysis was performed between CRT responders and CRT non-responders. The primary outcome was the occurrence of improved left ventricular ejection fraction 1 year after CRT implantation. We concluded that LVEDV > 255 mL (OR = 2.236; 95% CI, 1.016–4.923) rather than LVESV > 160 mL (OR = 1.18; 95% CI, 0.544–2.56) and TpTe/QTc > 0.203 (OR = 5.206; 95% CI, 1.89–14.34) significantly predicted CRT non-response. Oppositely, S wave > 5.7 cm/s (OR = 0.242; 95% CI, 0.089–0.657), E/A > 1 (OR = 0.211; 95% CI, 0.079–0.566), E’/A’ > 1 (OR = 0.054; 95% CI, 0.017–0.172), CLBBB (OR = 0.141; 95% CI, 0.048–0.409), and QRS duration >160 ms (OR = 0.52; 95% CI, 0.305–0.922) surprisingly predicted low-probability of CRT non-response.