Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Systolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Symptoms of Mild Heart Failure Secondary to Ischemic or Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 230-235

  Bleeker, Gabe B ^a,b   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Holman, Eduard R ^a   Steendijk, Paul ^a   van der Wall, Ernst E ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745676835     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.01.080     Document Type: Article

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