Marked improvement in left ventricular function and significant reverse left ventricular remodeling within 3 months of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Funck, Reinhard C ^a   Koelsch, Susanne ^a   Waldhans, Stefan ^a   Prinz, Helge ^a   Grimm, Wolfram ^a   Moosdorf, Rainer ^a   Maisch, Bernhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; Reverse remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 12844284666     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00089.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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