Long-term effectiveness of dual site left ventricular cardiac resynchronization therapy in a patient with congestive heart failure

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6 PART I, 2004, Pages 805-807

  Sassara, Massimo ^a   Achilli, Augusto ^a   Bianchi, Stefano ^b   Ficili, Sabina ^a   Marullo, Antonino ^c   Pontillo, Daniele ^a   Achilli, Paola ^a   Peraldo, Carlo ^b   Sgreccia, Fabrizio ^b  

^a BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Cardiology Department   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Multisite cardiac resynchronization therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; QRS COMPLEX;

EID: 2942511254     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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