Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on ventricular repolarization in patients with congestive heart failure

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 611-617

  Berger, Thomas ^a   Hanser, Friedrich ^b   Hintringer, Florian ^a   Poelzl, Gerhard ^a   Fischer, Gerald ^b   Modre, Robert ^b   Tilg, Bernhard ^b   Pachinger, Otmar ^a   Roithinger, Franz X ^a,c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Body surface electrocardiography; Congestive heart failure; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; REPOLARIZATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 20444375076     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2005.40496.x     Document Type: Article

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