Integration of automatic intrathoracic fluid content measurement into clinical decision making in patients with congestive heart failure

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 961-967

  Knackstedt, Christian ^a   Mischke, Karl ^a   Schimpf, Thomas ^a   Waringer, Jill ^a   Fache, Kerstin ^a   Frechen, Dirk ^a   Gramley, Felix ^a   Kelm, Malte ^a   Schauerte, Patrick ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Congestive heart failure; Thoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 48249117932     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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