Pacing in heart failure: How many leads and where?

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-12

  Barold, S Serge ^a,b   Herwerg, Bengt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CORONARY VEIN; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 37749020608     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.119404     Document Type: Editorial

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