The epidemiology of heart failure and commonly associated conduction disorders / Maren E. Jeffery & Mariell Jessup -- Comprehensive pharmacologic management strategies for heart failure / Garrie J. Haas & William T. Abraham -- Electrical activation sequence / Cecilia Fantoni & Angelo Auricchio -- Myocardial mechano-energetics / Tammo Delhaas & Frits W. Prinzen -- Assessment of electrical and mechanical dyssynchrony: conventional echocardiography / Ole-A. Breithardt -- Newer echocardiographic techniques for the assessment of cardiac resynchronization therapy / Cheuk-Man Yu & Qing Zhang -- Value of non-echocardiographic imaging techniques in cardiac resynchronization therapy / Claudia Ypenburg ... [et al.] -- Programming and diagnostic features of cardiac resynchronization therapy devices / David Luria, Osnat Gurevitz & Michael Glikson -- Anatomy of the coronary sinus / Samuel J. Asirvatham --

Techniques for visualizing the coronary sinus and coronary venous anatomy / Jagmeet P. Singh & Angelo Auricchio -- Implantation techniques for cardiac resynchronization therapy / Michael O. Sweeney -- Surgical approaches to epicardial left ventricular lead implantation for biventricular pacing / Sandhya K. Balaram, Joseph J. DeRose Jr & Jonathan S. Steinberg -- Remote navigation implantation technique / Carlo Pappone & Vincenzo Santinelli -- Clinical trials supporting current indications for CRT / David L. Hayes & William T. Abraham -- Trials of CRT in atrial fibrillation and atrial rhythm management issues / Maurizio Gasparini & François Regoli -- Ongoing trials to further shape the future of CRT / David L. Hayes & Cheuk-Man Yu -- Consideration of CRT in the pediatric population / Anne M. Dubin -- Importance of the surface electrocardiogram for the assessment of cardiac resynchronization / S. Serge Barold, Michael C. Giudici & Bengt Herweg -- Troubleshooting / Christophe Leclercq, Philippe Mabo & J. Claude Daubert -- Optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy / Jeffrey Wing-Hong Fung, Stephane Garrigue & Cheuk-Man Yu -- Management strategies for patients not responding to CRT / John P. Boehmer -- Device-based monitoring and lung impedance / Jeffrey Wing-Hong Fung, Philip B. Adamson & Cheuk-Man Yu -- Device-based patient management / Maria Rosa Costanzo & Salpy Pamboukian -- Health economics / Francisco Leyva.