Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Haemodynamic background and perspectives

European Heart Journal, Supplement

Volumn 9, Issue I, 2007, Pages

  Butter, Christian ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^b  

^a Heart Center Brandenburg in Bernau/Berlin   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Haemodynamics; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949417054     PISSN: 1520765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/sum064     Document Type: Article

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