Ventricular resynchronization by multisite pacing improves myocardial performance in the postoperative single-ventricle patient

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1678-1683

  Bacha, Emile A ^a,b   Zimmerman, Frank J ^a   Mor Avi, Victor ^a   Weinert, Lynn ^a   Starr, Joanne P ^a   Sugeng, Lissa ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Surg Elec Comp Eng Univ I   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART PACING; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PALLIATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19644376552     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.04.065     Document Type: Article

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