Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Intracardiac impedance monitors stroke volume in resynchronization therapy patients.
Monitoring of haemodynamic parameters or surrogate parameters of the left ventricle is especially important for patients under cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Intracardiac impedance reflects left ventricular (LV) volume changes well in animal models. Since it is unknown whether this also holds in humans with heart failure (HF), we examined the correlation of LV intracardiac impedance with haemodynamic parameters in CRT patients for different positions of the LV lead. ⋯ In HF patients, a strong correlation between changes in intracardiac impedance and LV SV was found. Typical LV lead implant positions have been tested and all appear to be suitable for this method of LV volume monitoring.