Intracardiac echocardiography-guided cardiac resynchronization therapy: Technique and clinical application

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1030-1039

  Saksena, Sanjeev ^a   Simon, Ann Marie ^a   Mathew, Philip ^b   Nagarakanti, Rangadham ^a  

^a Electrophysiology Research Foundation   (United States)

^b St Jude Medical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional improvement; Heart failure; Intracardiac echocardiography; Optimization; Resynchronization therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART STIMULATION; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PILOT STUDY; SAFETY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 68349128122     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02435.x     Document Type: Article

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