Cardiac resynchronization therapy improved heart failure after left bundle branch block during transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Meguro, K.; Lellouche, N.; Teiger, E.
Journal of Invasive Cardiology 24(3): 132-133
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1557-2501 PMID: 22388308 Document Number: 656683
After transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in a 75-year-old male, chronic wide left bundle branch block (LBBB) developed. He experienced repeated episodes of decompensated systolic heart failure with severe systolic left ventricular dysfunction. After cardiac resynchronization therapy, his heart function improved substantially and he had no further admissions for heart failure. Cardiac resynchronization therapy can be effective in systolic heart failure associated with LBBB developing after TAVI.