A prospective randomized evaluation of VV delay optimization in CRT-D recipients: Echocardiographic observations from the RHYTHM II ICD study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Boriani, Giuseppe ^a   Biffi, Mauro ^a   Müller, Cord Paul ^c   Seidl, Karl Heinz ^e   Grove, Rainer ^g   Vogt, Jürgen ⁱ   Danschel, Wilfried ^b   Schuchert, Andreas ^d   Deharo, Jean Claude ^f   Becker, Thorsten ^e   Boulogne, Eric ^h,j   Trappe, Hans Joachim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Ambulantes Herzzentrum   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^f HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^g Schuchtermann Klinik   (Germany)

^h St Jude Medical   (Belgium)

ⁱ RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^j Azienda Ospedaliera S Orsola Malpighi ^*

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Author keywords

Biventricular stimulation; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Interventricular delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 60849132736     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02267.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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