Acceleration-dependent left bundle branch block with severe left ventricular dyssynchrony results in acute heart failure: Are there more patients who benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-103

  Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bleeker, Gabe B ^a   Holman, Eduard R ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing defibrillation; Conduction disturbances; Heart failure; Implantable devices; Left ventricular dyssynchrony; Transient left bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33645097313     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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