Rate-dependent AV delay optimization in cardiac resynchronization therapy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-284

  Scharf, Christoph ^a,c   Li, Peng ^a   Muntwyler, Jörg ^b   Chugh, Aman ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a   Pelosi, Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Armstrong, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Division of Electrophysiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AV delay; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Congestive heart failure; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART PACING; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE;

EID: 18044383570     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.40054.x     Document Type: Article

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