Biventricular stimulation to prevent cardiac desynchronization: Rationale, design, and endpoints of the 'Biventricular Pacing for Atrioventricular Block to Prevent Cardiac Desynchronization (BioPace)' study

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 629-635

  Funck, Reinhard C ^a   Blanc, Jean Jacques ^b   Mueller, Hans Helge ^a   Schade Brittinger, Carmen ^a   Bailleul, Christophe ^c   Maisch, Bernhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SJM International Inc   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Biventricular stimulation; Cardiac pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Left ventricular dysfunction; Prevention of cardiac desynchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE; WALKING;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; WALKING;

EID: 33748066977     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul075     Document Type: Article

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