Does RV lead positioning provide additional benefit to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with advanced heart failure?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1069-1074

  Shimano, Masayuki ^a,e   Inden, Yasuya ^a   Yoshida, Yukihiko ^b   Tsuji, Yukiomi ^a,c   Tsuboi, Naoya ^b   Okada, Taro ^d   Yamada, Takumi ^d   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^d   Takada, Yasunobu ^a   Hirayama, Haruo ^b   Murohara, Toyoaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Aichi Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Hemodynamics; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETER;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33750088427     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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