The promise of resynchronization therapy. Who (and how many) will benefit?

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-26

  Auricchio, Angelo ^a   Spinelli, Julio C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Left bundle branch block; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; QRS COMPLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0038547121     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023674519769     Document Type: Article

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