Joseph Dell'Orfano, MD

Articles by Joseph Dell'Orfano, MD

Cardiac resynchronization in a patient with Class IV heart failure and narrow QRS-the role of mechanical dyssynchrony

September 11th 2008

Cardiac resynchronization treatment (CRT) has moved into the mainstream of patient care after several randomized studies have demonstrated improved quality of life, reversed remodeling, and decreased heart failure hospitalizations. More recently, 2 large studies have demonstrated a mortality benefit of CRT independent of implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Nonischemic cardiomyopathy and implantable defibrillators: Timing is everything

ByJoseph Dell'Orfano, MD

September 11th 2008

This review presents a substudy analysis of the Defibrillators in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Treatment Evaluation (DEFINITE) trial, which examined the role of prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy.