First human chronic experience with cardiac contractility modulation by nonexcitatory electrical currents for treating systolic heart failure: Mid-term safety and efficacy results from a multicenter study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 418-427

  Pappone, Carlo ^a   Augello, Giuseppe ^a   Rosanio, Salvatore ^a   Vicedomini, Gabriele ^a   Santinelli, Vincenzo ^a   Romano, Massimo ^a   Agricola, Eustachio ^a   Maggi, Francesco ^a   Buchmayr, Gerhard ^d   Moretti, Giovanni ^d   Mika, Yuval ^b   Ben Haim, Shlomo A ^c   Wolzt, Michael ^d   Stix, Guenter ^d   Schmidinger, Herwig ^d  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac contractility modulation; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144355617     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03580.x     Document Type: Article

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