First use of cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) in a patient failing CRT therapy: Clinical and technical aspects of combined therapies

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 955-958

  Butter, Christian ^a   Meyhöfer, Jürgen ^a   Seifert, Martin ^a   Neuss, Michael ^a   Minden, Hans Heinrich ^a  

^a Heart Center Brandenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac contractility modulation; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Internal cardiac defibrillator

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; RAMIPRIL; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 34548232713     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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