Cardiac Resynchronization: A Brief Synopsis Part I: Patient Selection and Results from Clinical Trials

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-161

  Kalinchak, David M ^a   Schoenfeld, Mark H ^b,c  

^a MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^c Orchard Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Clinical results; Congestive heart failure; Patient selection

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHRONIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BIVENTRICULAR PACING; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PACING; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PACING; HEART RESYNCHRONIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0242428393     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026276205618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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