Nonexcitatory, cardiac contractility modulation electrical impulses: Feasibility study for advanced heart failure in patients with normal QRS duration

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1140-1147

  Neelagaru, Suresh B ^a   Sanchez, Javier E ^b   Lau, Stanley K ^c   Greenberg, Steven M ^d   Raval, Nirav Y ^e   Worley, Seth ^f   Kalman, Jill ^g   Merliss, Andrew D ^h   Krueger, Steven ^h   Wood, Mark ⁱ   Wish, Marc ^j   Burkhoff, Daniel ^k,l   Nademanee, Koonlawee ^m  

^a Lonestar Arrhythmia and Heart Failure Center   (United States)

^b Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute   (United States)

^c Southern California Heart Centers   (United States)

^d ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta   (United States)

^f LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Bryan LGH Medical Center   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Arrhythmia Associates   (United States)

^k CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^l Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^m Pacific Rim Electrophysiology Research Institute   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary stress test; Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; Six minute hall walk test

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VOLUME; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MODULATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; QRS COMPLEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; WALKING;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749068230     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.06.031     Document Type: Article

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