Inclusion and exclusion criteria for CRT

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1235-1237

  Auricchio, Angelo ^a   Leyva, Francisco ^b  

^a DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Echocardiography; Guidelines; Heart failure; Magnetic resonance imaging; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 67650902662     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.03.053     Document Type: Article

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