Table 3 Patients’ data and CRT effects according to systemic ventricular anatomy (patients with CRT and concurrent cardiac surgical procedure excluded)
Patients’ dataSystemic LV (n = 62)Systemic RV (n = 27)p Value*
Age at CRT (years), median13.328.80.002
Follow-up on CRT (months), median8.67.30.965
Initial QRS (ms), median1601600.722
Initial SVEDD (z score), median4.72.10.002
Initial EF/FAC (%), mean (SD)30.6 (15.8)28.8 (10.0)0.723
Initial SAVV regurgitation (grade) (median)120.025
Initial NYHA class (median)3.02.00.215
Change in QRS (ms), median−40§−21§0.877
Change in SVEDD (z score), median−2.1§−0.50.039
Change in EF/FAC (%), mean (SD)+13.3 (14.7)§+7.2 (9.9)¶0.195
Change in SAVV regurgitation (grade), median−1§−1¶0.600
Change in NYHA class (median)−1.0§−1.0‡0.380
Non-responders11/543/220.745
  • *Significance levels across diagnostic categories; significance levels inside diagnostic categories pre- vs post-CRT: ‡p<0.005; §p<0.001; ¶p<0.05.

  • CRT, cardiac resynchronisation therapy; EF, ejection fraction; FAC, fractional area of change; LV, left ventricle; NS, non-significant; NYHA, New York Heart Association; RV, right ventricle; SAVV, systemic atrioventricular valve; SVEDD, systemic ventricular end-diastolic dimension.