Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy in Patients with Atrioventricular Nodal Disease and Reduced Ejection Fraction - Can We Afford it?

A small proportion of additional patients will qualify for CRT based on the chosen cut-off and rhythm. Although the individual incremental cost for biventricular over right ventricular pacing is high in patients with AV nodal disease and reduced EF, overall this represents at most, a modest increase in the total pacing budget.