Treatment of refractory congestive heart failure by cardiac resynchronization

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-195

  Gras, D ^a,c   Ruffy, R ^b   Cebron, J P ^a   Brunel, P ^a   Leurent, B ^a   Banus, Y ^a  

^a Saint Henri Polyclinic   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c U Soins Cardiologie Intervent   (France)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia, therapy; Cardiac pacing, artificial; Electric stimulation therapy, methods; Heart failure, congestive, therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTORY CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0038493690     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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