Biventricular pacing worsened dyssynchrony in heart failure patient with right-bundle branch block

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Tanabe, Masaki ^a   Dohi, Kaoru ^a   Onishi, Katsuya ^a   Nakata, Tomoyuki ^a   Sato, Yuichi ^a   Nakajima, Hiroshi ^a   Takamura, Takeshi ^a   Miyahara, Masatoshi ^a   Nakamura, Mashio ^a   Takeda, Kan ^a   Ito, Masaaki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Dyssynchrony; Heart failure; Right bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; VALSARTAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THERAPY EFFECT;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 74449086274     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.063     Document Type: Article

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