A comparison of cardiac resynchronization by sequential biventricular pacing and left ventricular pacing to simultaneous biventricular pacing: Rationale and design of the DECREASE-HF clinical trial

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-239

  De Lurgio, David B ^a   Foster, Elyse ^b   Higginbotham, Michael B ^c   Larntz, Kinley ^d   Saxon, Leslie A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Implantable defibrillator; Left bundle branch block; Resynchronization therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LEAD;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16244419023     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2004.08.163     Document Type: Article

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