Triple-Site Pacing in Patients with Biventricular Device - Incidence of the Phenomenon and Cardiac Resynchronization Benefit

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-45

  Bulava, Alan ^a   Ansalone, Gerardo ^b   Ricci, Renato ^b   Giannantoni, Paride ^b   Pignalberi, Carlo ^b   Heinc, Petr ^a   Lukl, Jan ^a   Santini, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anodal stimulation; Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1542350214     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICE.0000011483.58088.ab     Document Type: Article

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