Utilization of defibrillators and resynchronization therapy at the time of evaluation at a heart failure and cardiac transplantation center

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 988-993

  Sims, Daniel B ^a   Garcia, Luis I ^b   Mignatti, Andrea ^c   Colombo, Paolo C ^a   Jones, Margaret ^a   Uriel, Nir ^a   Mancini, Donna M ^a   Jorde, Ulrich P ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced heart failure; cardiac resynchronization therapy; defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 77955326275     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02745.x     Document Type: Article

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