Electrical remodeling and cardiac dimensions in patients treated by cardiac resynchronization and heart failure controls

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-77

  Stockburger, Martin ^a   Nitardy, Aischa ^a   Fateh Moghadam, Suzanne ^a   Krebs, Alice ^a   Celebi, Özlem ^a   Karhausen, Tim ^a   Dietz, Rainer ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization; Electrical remodeling; Left ventricular diameter; QRS width; Structural remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; P WAVE; PR INTERVAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 37549011809     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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