Biventricular pacing as a treatment for advanced heart failure. Preliminary experience in a series of 22 consecutive patients;Tratamiento de la insuficiencia cardíaca avanzada mediante estimulación biventricular. Experiencia inicial en una serie de 22 casos consecutivos

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-252

  García Bolao, Ignacio ^a   Macías, Alfonso ^a   Alegría, Eduardo ^a   Berenguel, Alejandro ^a   Gavira, Juan J ^a   Azcárate, Pedro ^a   Barba, Joaquín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Cardiomyopathy; Defibrillator; Electrophysiology; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SAFETY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0038409898     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13043950     Document Type: Article

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