Safety of transvenous cardiac resynchronization system implantation in patients with chronic heart failure: Combined results of over 2,000 patients from a multicenter study program

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2348-2356

  León, Angel R ^a,k   Abraham, William T ^b,c   Curtis, Anne B ^d   Daubert, James P ^e   Fisher, Westby G ^b,f   Gurley, John ^b   Hayes, David L ^g   Lieberman, Randy ^h   Petersen Stejskal, Susan ⁱ   Wheelan, Kevin ^j  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^j BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26444431999     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.031     Document Type: Article

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