Abstract:Drugs can effectively improve the symptoms of heart failure. However, cardiac resynchronization therapy is the only effective way to get marked results for the severe heart failure patients with NYHA III-IV. This article reviewed the researches in five aspects: expansion of CRT indications in heart failure, the important roles of QRS duration and morphology in CRT treatment, optimization program regulation and mechanism in CRT, the effects of pole technology and position on response, the prediction factors of response and treatment advances in CRT.