Improvement of Atrial Function and Atrial Reverse Remodeling After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 778-785

  Yu, Cheuk Man ^a   Fang, Fang ^b   Zhang, Qing ^a   Yip, Gabriel W K ^a   Li, Chun Mei ^a   Chan, Joseph Yat Sun ^a   Wu, LiWen ^a   Fung, Jeffrey Wing Hong ^a  

^a Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences   (Hong Kong)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 34547828348     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.04.073     Document Type: Article

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