Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With End-Stage Inotrope-Dependent Class IV Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-93

  Herweg, Bengt ^a,b   Ilercil, Arzu ^a,b   Cutro, Ray ^a,b   Dewhurst, Robert ^a,b   Krishnan, Sendhil ^a,b   Weston, Mark ^a,b,c   Barold, S Serge ^a,b  

^a TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Lifelink Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; MILRINONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DOBUTAMINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILRINONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34250779334     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.02.058     Document Type: Article

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