Evaluation, Management, and Outcomes of Patients Poorly Responsive to Cardiac Resynchronization Device Therapy.

A high incidence of CRT nonresponders persists despite good patient selection and LV lead position, but site identification methods have modest sensitivity. Following diagnosis, nonresponders are often passively managed, without specialty care, with poor outcome. ADVANCE CRT exposes a vulnerable group of heart failure patients. (Advance Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Registry [ADVANCE CRT]; NCT01805154).