Do we have reasons to be enthusiastic about pacing to treat advanced heart failure?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-287

  Claude Daubert, J ^a   Cazeau, Serge ^b   Leclercq, Christophe ^a  

^a Centre Cardio Pneumologique   (France)

^b Thoracic Surgery   (France)

Author keywords

Advanced heart failure; Pacing therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0343851706     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(99)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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