Improved Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Through Optimization of Atrioventricular and Interventricular Delays Using Acoustic Cardiography: A Pilot Study

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 637-642

  Toggweiler, Stefan ^a   Zuber, Michel ^a   Kobza, Richard ^a   Roos, Markus ^a   Jamshidi, Peiman ^a   Meier, Rolf ^a   Erne, Paul ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic cardiography; biventricular pacing; cardiac resynchronization therapy; heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORK CAPACITY;

ACOUSTICS; AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 34848917565     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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