Cardiac resynchronization therapy 101: If it's not late, pacing it early won't help

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-71

  Curtis, Anne B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

EID: 11144234379     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.10.011     Document Type: Editorial

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