Diminished Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony and Impact of Resynchronization in Failing Hearts With Right Versus Left Bundle Branch Block

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1484-1490

  Byrne, Melissa J ^a   Helm, Robert H ^a   Daya, Samantapudi ^a   Osman, Nael F ^a   Halperin, Henry R ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a   Kass, David A ^a   Lardo, Albert C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DOG; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 34848923602     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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