Cardiac resynchronization therapy: A new frontier in the management of heart failure

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 571-575

  Gurevitz, Osnat ^a,b   Glikson, Michael ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization; Cardiomyopthy; Heart failure; Pacing

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY TUBES; DRUG DOSAGE; PATIENT TREATMENT;

RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY;

CARDIOLOGY;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CLINICAL TRIALS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0041402653     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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