Effect of biventricular pacing on ventricular repolarization and functional indices in patients with heart failure: Lack of association with arrhythmic events

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 741-750

  Dilaveris, Polychronis ^a   Giannopoulos, Georgios ^a   Synetos, Andreas ^a   Aggeli, Constadina ^a   Raftopoulos, Leonidas ^a   Arsenos, Petros ^a   Gatzoulis, Konstantinos ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Electrocardiography; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Vectorcardiography; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; QT DISPERSION; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 67651018255     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup094     Document Type: Review

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