Cardiac resynchronization therapy for adult congenital heart disease patients with a systemic right ventricle: Analysis of feasibility and review of early experience

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-272

  Diller, Gerhard Paul ^a,b   Okonko, Darlington ^b   Uebing, Anselm ^a,c   Ho, Siew Yen ^b   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Congenital heart disease; Systemic right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33745196216     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euj048     Document Type: Article

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