Increasing left ventricular pacing output decreases interventricular conduction time in patients with biventricular pacing systems

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 569-573

  Sauer, William H ^a,b   Sussman, Jonathan S ^a   Verdino, Ralph J ^a   Cooper, Joshua M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 9 Founders Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; REACTION TIME; SCAR;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745068059     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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