Successful management of acute failure of the systemic right ventricle with cardiac resynchronization therapy

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 612-613

  Kakavand, Bahram ^a   Douglas, William I ^a   Manfredi, Joseph A ^a   Di Sessa, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization; Systemic right ventricular failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33749352931     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-006-1202-x     Document Type: Article

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