Multisite pacing as a supplemental treatment of congestive heart failure: Preliminary results of the Medtronic Inc. InSync study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 II, 1998, Pages 2249-2255

  Gras, Daniel ^a   Mabo, Philippe ^b   Tang, Tony ^b   Luttikuis, Oude ^b   Chatoor, Roger ^b   Pedersen, Anders Kirsten ^b   Tscheliessnigg, Harl Heinz ^b   Deharo, Jean Claude ^b   Puglisi, Andréas ^b   Silvestre, Jorge ^b   Kimber, S ^b   Ross, H ^b   Ravazzi, Antonio ^b   Paul, Vince ^b   Skehan, Douglas ^b  

^a Centre Chirurgical Val d'Or   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Heart failure; Left ventricular pacing; Multisite pacing; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031784036     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01162.x     Document Type: Article

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