Does echocardiographic myocardial scar burden predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in ischemic heart failure?
Echocardiographic evaluation of transmural scar burden predicts CRT response after 6 months of treatment and should be performed in all candidates for CRT with ischemic heart failure before biventricular pacemaker implantation.
These results confirm that sequential resection of hepatic and pulmonary metastases can be performed with curative intention provided a systemic spread of the disease is excluded. The surgeon's opinion of resectability should be obtained in patients with such metastases before the patient is scheduled for palliative conservative treatment.