Left bundle branch area pacing in patients with heart failure and right bundle branch block: Results from International LBBAP Collaborative-Study Group

Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, Oscar Cano, Shunmuga Sundaram Ponnusamy, Manuel Molina-Lerma, Joseph Y.S. Chan, Santosh K. Padala, Parikshit S. Sharma, Zachary I. Whinnett, Bengt Herweg, Gaurav A. Upadhyay, Faiz A. Subzposh, Neil R. Patel, Dominik A. Beer, Agnieszka Bednarek, Grzegorz Kielbasa, Roderick Tung, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, Marek Jastrzebski

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Abstract

Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) using biventricular pacing has limited efficacy in patients with heart failure (HF) and right bundle branch block (RBBB). Left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) is a novel physiologic pacing option. Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility and outcomes of LBBAP in HF patients with RBBB and reduced left ventricular systolic function, and indication for CRT or ventricular pacing. Methods: LBBAP was attempted in patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50%, RBBB, HF, and indications for CRT or ventricular pacing. Procedural, pacing, and electrocardiographic parameters; clinical response (no HF hospitalization and improvement in NYHA class); and echocardiographic response (≥5% increase in ejection fraction) to LBBAP were assessed. Results: LBBAP was attempted in 121 patients and successful in 107 (88%). Patient characteristics included age 74 ± 12 years, female 25%, ischemic cardiomyopathy 49%, and ejection fraction 35% ± 9%. QRS axis at baseline was normal in 24%, left axis 63%, right axis 13%. LBBAP threshold and R-wave amplitudes were 0.8 ± 0.3 V @ 0.5 ms and 10 ± 9 mV at implant and remained stable during mean follow-up of 13 ± 8 months. LBBAP resulted in narrowing of QRS duration (156 ± 20 ms to 150 ± 24 ms (P = .01) with R-wave peak times in V6 of 85 ± 16 ms. LVEF improved from 35% ± 9% to 43% ± 12% (P < .01). Clinical and echocardiographic response was observed in 60% and 61% of patients, respectively. Female sex and reduction in QRS duration with LBBAP were predictive of echocardiographic response and super-response. Conclusion: LBBAP is a feasible alternative to deliver CRT or physiologic ventricular pacing in patients with RBBB, HF, and LV dysfunction.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)358-367
Number of pages10
JournalHeart Rhythm O2
Volume3
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2022

Keywords

  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Heart failure
  • Left bundle branch area pacing
  • Right bundle branch block

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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