QRS duration alone to select patients for cardiac resynchronization therapy: Flying in the face of the evidence? [3]

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 3074-3075

  Hawkins, Nathaniel M ^a   Petrie, Mark C ^b   MacDonald, Michael R ^b   Hogg, Kerry J ^a   McMurray, John J V ^c  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; VALIDITY;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33845698107     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl386     Document Type: Letter

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