Pacing in heart failure patients with narrow qrs: Is there more to gain than resynchronization?

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1651-1653

  Smiseth, Otto A ^a,b   Russell, Kristoffer ^a   Remme, Espen W ^a,b  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Artificial; Cardiac pacing; Editorials; Heart failure; Pacing; Pericardium

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70350546112     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.900381     Document Type: Editorial

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