Long-term follow-up of patients with refractory heart failure and myocardial ischemia treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  De Cock, Carel C ^a   Van Campen, Linda M C ^a   Jessurun, Emile R ^a   Allaart, Cor A ^a   Vos, Dick S ^a   Visser, Cees A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Coronary artery disease; Heart failure; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12844261754     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00026.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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