Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Variations in echo-guided optimized atrioventricular and interventricular delays during follow-up

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 933-939

  Valzania, Cinzia ^a   Biffi, Mauro ^a   Martignani, Cristian ^a   Diemberger, Igor ^a   Bertini, Matteo ^a   Ziacchi, Matteo ^a   Bacchi, Letizia ^a   Rocchi, Guido ^a   Rapezzi, Claudio ^a   Branzi, Angelo ^a   Boriani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748902908     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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