Cardiac resynchronization therapy: A pilot study examining cognitive change in patients before and after treatment

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-88

  Dixit, Neha K ^a   Vazquez, Lauren D ^b   Cross, Natalie J ^b   Kuhl, Emily A ^c   Serber, Eva R ^d   Kovacs, Adrienne ^e   Dede, Duane E ^b   Conti, Jamie B ^f   Sears, Samuel F ^g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77649244641     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20710     Document Type: Article

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