Systolic improvement and mechanical resynchronization does not require electrical synchrony in the dilated failing heart with left bundle-branch block

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1760-1763

  Leclercq, Christophe ^a   Faris, Owen ^b   Tunin, Richard ^a   Johnson, Jennifer ^a   Kato, Ritsuchi ^a   Evans, Frank ^b   Spinelli, Julio ^c   Halperin, Henry ^a   McVeigh, Elliot ^b   Kass, David A ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Electrical stimulation; Heart failure; Pacing; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

ANIMALS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0036787663     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000035037.11968.5C     Document Type: Article

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