Biventricular pacing for congestive heart failure: Questions of who, what, where, why, how, and how much

American Heart Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 821-823

  Kay, G Neal ^a   Bourge, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033669589     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.110571     Document Type: Article

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