摘要Background The number of non-responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) exposes the need for better patient selection criteria for CRT.This study aimed to identify echocardiographic parameters that would predict the response to CRT.Methods Forty-five consecutive patients receiving CRT-D implantation for heart failure (HF) were included in this prospective study.New York Heart Association (NYHA) class,6-minute walk distance,electrograph character,and multi echocardiographic parameters,especially in strain patterns,were measured and compared before and six months after CRT in the responder and non-responder groups.Response to CRT was defined as a decrease in left ventricular endsystolic volume (LVESV) of 15％ or more at 6-month follow up.Results Twenty-two (48.9％) patients demonstrated a response to CRT at 6-month follow-up.Significant improvement in NYHA class (P ＜0.01),left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) (P ＜0.01),and 6-minute walk distance (P ＜0.01) was shown in this group.Although there was an interventricular mechanical delay determined by the difference between left and right ventricular pre-ejection intervals ((42.87±19.64) ms vs.(29.43±18.19) ms,P=0.02),the standard deviation of time to peak myocardial strain among 12 basal,mid and apical segments (Tε-SD) ((119.97±43.32) ms vs.(86.62±36.86) ms,P=0.01) and the non-ischemic etiology (P=0.03) were significantly higher in responders than non-responders,only the Tε-SD (OR=1.02,95％ Cl=1.01-1.04,P=0.02) proved to be a favorable predictor of CRT response after multivariate Logistic regression analysis.Conclusion The left ventricular 12 segmental strain imaging is a promising echocardiographic parameter for predicting CRT response.