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Patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, left ventricular noncompaction, significant late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), and indications for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) as secondary prevention were excluded.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Post-LBBP, the LVEF improved from 31.1\u2009\u00b1\u20094.0% to 61.0\u2009\u00b1\u20096.0% (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). All patients exhibited a super-response to LBBP cardiac resynchronization therapy, achieving complete improvement in cardiac function with a LVEF exceeding 50%. Septal-to-posterior wall motion delay (SPWMD) and systolic dyssynchrony index (SDI) were indicators of intraventricular synchrony, SPWMD decreased from 271.4\u2009\u00b1\u200976.4\u2005<jats:italic>ms<\/jats:italic> to 42.2\u2009\u00b1\u200922.9\u2005<jats:italic>ms<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), and SDI decreased from 12.5\u2009\u00b1\u20095.3% to 1.9\u2009\u00b1\u20091.0% after implantation (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Heart failure patients meeting the following criteria may be considered for dual-chamber pacing as an alternative to CRT-D, potentially avoiding the need for ICD implantation: (1) CLBBB meeting Strauss's criteria, (2) presence of intraventricular dyssynchrony on echocardiogram, (3) exclusion of secondary prevention ICD indications, (4) absence of evident LGE on CMR, and (5) successful correction of CLBBB during 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