Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac resynchronization therapy;Avaliação ecocardiográfica da terapia de ressincronização cardíaca

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 503-507

  Suaide Suva, Carlos Eduardo ^a,b   Pereira Barretto, Antonio Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b OMNI CCNI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW;

EID: 21044443146     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2005000600016     Document Type: Review

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