Electrical modulation of cardiac contractility: Clinical aspects in congestive heart failure

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-60

  Pappone, Carlo ^a   Vicedomini, Gabriele ^a   Salvati, Adriano ^a   Meloni, Carlo ^a   Haddad, Walid ^b   Aviv, Ricardo ^b   Mika, Yuval ^b   Darvish, Nissim ^b   Kimchy, Yoav ^b   Shemer, Itzhak ^b,c   Snir, Yehuda ^a   Pruchi, David ^b   Ben Haim, Shlomo A ^a,c,d   Kronzon, Itzhak ^e  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Impulse Dynamics   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric signals; Heart failure; Hemodynamic effect

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035059485     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009807309006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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