Mid-term outcomes of triple-site vs. conventional cardiac resynchronization therapy: A preliminary study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Lenarczyk, Radosław ^a   Kowalski, Oskar ^a   Kukulski, Tomasz ^a   Pruszkowska Skrzep, Patrycja ^a   Sokal, Adam ^a   Szulik, Mariola ^a   Zielińska, Teresa ^a   Kowalczyk, Jacek ^a   Pluta, Sławomir ^a   Średniawa, Beata ^a   Musialik Łydka, Agata ^a   Kalarus, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Multi site pacing; Non invasive assessment; Resynchronization therapy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PACEMAKER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RISK; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 61449155701     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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