Pacing for heart failure: Selection of patients, techniques and benefits

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-279

  Auricchio, Angelo ^a   Klein, Helmut ^a   Spinelli, Julio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b Dept of Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction disturbances; Heart failure; Multicenter trial; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TECHNIQUE;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0033501082     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(99)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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