The atrioventricular delay of cardiac resynchronization can be optimized hemodynamically during exercise and predicted from resting measurements

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-386

  Whinnett, Zachary I ^a   Briscoe, Cathy ^a   Davies, Justin E R ^a   Willson, Keith ^a   Manisty, Charlotte H ^a   Davies, D Wyn ^a   Peters, Nicholas S ^a   Kanagaratnam, Prapa ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^a   Mayet, Jamil ^a   Francis, Darrel P ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular delay optimization; Biventricular pacing; Exercise; Optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REST; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REST;

EID: 39649112399     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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