Bifocal pacing in the right ventricle: An alternative to resynchronization when left ventricular access is not possible in end-stage heart failure patients

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-41

  Chudzik, Michał ^a   Piestrzeniewicz, Katarzyna ^a   Klimczak, Artur ^a   Gawłowska, Joanna ^a   Oszczygieł, Andrzej ^a   Wranicz, Jerzy Krzysztof ^a   Bartczak, Karol ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Resynchronization; Right ventricular bifocal pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; QRS COMPLEX;

AGED; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 75749107016     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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