QRS width does not reflect ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 100-103

  Uchiyama, Tomoe ^a   Matsumoto, Kazuo ^a   Suga, Chikashi ^a   Kato, Ritsushi ^a   Nishimura, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Dyssynchrony; Indication; Intraventricular conduction disturbance; Pace maker

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23744495622     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-005-0287-y     Document Type: Article

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