Clinical versus echocardiographic parameters to assess response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 260-263

  Bleeker, Gabe B ^a,b   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Fung, Jeffrey Wing Hong ^c   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a   Zhang, Qing ^c   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Chan, Joseph Yat Sun ^c   Yu, Cheuk Man ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31344455671     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.08.030     Document Type: Article

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