Biventricular Pacemaker Upgrade in Previously Paced Heart Failure Patients-Improvements in Ventricular Dyssynchrony

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-204

  Witte, Klaus K A ^a   Pipes, Rebecca R ^a   Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^a   Parker, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; heart failure; right ventricular pacing

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIURETIC THERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646389818     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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