Electrical resynchronization: A novel therapy for the failing right ventricle

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2287-2289

  Dubin, Anne M ^a   Feinstein, Jeffrey A ^a   Reddy, V Mohan ^a   Hanley, Frank L ^a   Van Hare, George F ^a   Rosenthal, David N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart defects, congenital; Heart failure; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0037986633     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000070930.33499.9F     Document Type: Article

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