Association of corrected QT dispersion with symptoms improvement in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 325-333

  Hina, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^a   Murakami, Takashi ^a   Yamamoto, Keizo ^a   Yamaji, Hirosuke ^a   Murakami, Masaaki ^a   Hirohata, Satoshi ^b   Ogawa, Hiroko ^b   Sakane, Kohsuke ^b   Kusachi, Shozo ^c  

^a THE SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE OF OKAYAMA   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asynchrony; Electrocardiography; Heart failure; Pacing; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53149139337     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-008-1056-7     Document Type: Article

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