Biventricular Pacing: How to Predict the Clinical Response in the Single Patient?

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one of the most widespread diseases of the Western world. Its prevalence is about 22.5 million people worldwide and 6.5 million in Europe (747 000 in Italy), with an incidence of 2 million patients/year in the world and 470 000/year in Europe (66 000 in Italy).