CRT only or CRT plus ICD?

European Heart Journal, Supplement

Volumn 6, Issue D, 2004, Pages

  Boehmer, John P ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EXERCISE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART PACING; HEART RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 3342985026     PISSN: 1520765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehjsup.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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