Midterm 'super-response' to cardiac resynchronization therapy by biventricular pacing with fusion: Insights from electro-anatomical mapping

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1675-1682

  Vatasescu, Radu ^a   Berruezo, Antonio ^a   Mont, Lluis ^a   Tamborero, David ^a   Sitges, Marta ^a   Silva, Etel ^a   Tolosana, Jose María ^a   Vidal, Bárbara ^a   Andreu, David ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activation time; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Fusion; RVA pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FUSION DEPOLARIZATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71449093256     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup333     Document Type: Article

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