Serial changes in right ventricular apical pacing lead impedance predict changes in left ventricular ejection fraction and functional class in heart failure patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Stambler, Bruce S ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^b   Liu, Zhe ^c   Levine, Paul ^d   Porter, Thomas R ^e   Zhang, Xiaozheng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST JUDE MEDICAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Impedance; Pacing; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; IMPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANOCARDIOGRAPHY; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; RECIPIENT;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 12844272273     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00028.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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