Left ventricular versus biventricular pacing: A randomized comparative study evaluating mid-term electromechanical and clinical effects

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Valzania, Cinzia ^a   Rocchi, Guido ^a   Biffi, Mauro ^a   Martignani, Cristian ^a   Bertini, Matteo ^a   Diemberger, Igor ^a   Biagini, Elena ^a   Ziacchi, Matteo ^a   Domenichini, Giulia ^a   Saporito, Davide ^a   Rapezzi, Claudio ^a   Branzi, Angelo ^a   Boriani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Doppler tissue imaging; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 38849152995     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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