Current status of cardiac resynchronisation therapy for treatment of congestive heart failure;Resynchronisationstherapie bei herzinsuffizienz

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 131, Issue 39, 2006, Pages 2153-2157

  Butter, Christian ^a,b  

^a Abteilung Kardiologie   (Germany)

^b Ev Freikirchl Krankenhaus Bernau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy; Congestive heart failure; Device therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCOSIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; REVIEW; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CLASSIFICATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART BLOCK; HEART PACING; METHODOLOGY;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33750585740     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-951344     Document Type: Review

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