Biventricular upgrading in patients with conventional pacing system and congestive heart failure: Results and response predictors

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1096-1104

  Laurenzi, Francesco ^a   Achilli, Augusto ^b   Avella, Andrea ^a   Peraldo, Carlo ^c   Orazi, Serafino ^d   Perego, Giovanni B ^e   Cesario, Antonio ^f   Valsecchi, Sergio ^g   De Santo, Tiziana ^g   Puglisi, Andrea ^c   Tondo, Claudio ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAN CAMILLO DE LELLIS HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^f GB Grassi Hospital   (Italy)

^g Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biventricular upgrading; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Ventricular dyssynchrony

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; QRS COMPLEX; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLE;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 34548137732     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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