Clinical and electrocardiographic predictors of a positive response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in advanced heart failure

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1094-1100

  Lecoq, Guillaume ^a   Leclercq, Christophe ^a   Leray, Emmanuelle ^a   Crocq, Christophe ^a   Alonso, Christine ^a   De Place, Christian ^a   Mabo, Philippe ^a   Daubert, Claude ^a  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20544432040     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi146     Document Type: Article

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