Cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 365-370

  Ross, Heather M ^b   Kocovic, Dusan Z ^a  

^a Main Line Health Heart Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

EID: 5444250985     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-004-0020-9     Document Type: Review

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