Dramatically improved left ventricular function after biventricular pacemaker implantation - A case report

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-233

  Bulava, Alan ^a   Lukl, Jan ^a   Škvařilová, Marcela ^a   Marek, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization; Left ventricular function; Reverse remodeling; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; LOSARTAN; NITRATE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 13444259747     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.09.017     Document Type: Article

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