The importance of being synchronous: On the prognostic value of ventricular conduction delay in heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2031-2033

  Stellbrink, Chistoph ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0037021551     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02568-8     Document Type: Editorial

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