2010 Focused Update of ESC Guidelines on device therapy in heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1143-1153

  Dickstein, Kenneth ^a,b   Vardas, Panos E ^c   Auricchio, Angelo ^d   Daubert, Jean Claude ^d   Linde, Cecilia ^d   McMurray, John ^d   Ponikowski, Piotr ^d   Priori, Silvia Giuliana ^d   Sutton, Richard ^d   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^d   Vahanian, Alec ^d   Bax, Jeroen ^d   Ceconi, Claudio ^d   Dean, Veronica ^d   Filippatos, Gerasimos ^d   Funck Brentano, Christian ^d   Hobbs, Richard ^d   Kearney, Peter ^d   McDonagh, Theresa ^d   Popescu, Bogdan A ^d   Reiner, Zeljko ^d   Sechtem, Udo ^d   Sirnes, Per Anton ^d   Tendera, Michal ^d   Vardes, Panos ^d   Widimsky, Petr ^d   Anker, Stefan D ^d   Blanc, Jean Jacques ^d   Gasparini, Maurizio ^d   Hoes, Arno W ^d   Israel, Carsten W ^d   Kalarus, Zbigniew ^d   Merkely, Bela ^d   Swedberg, Karl ^d   Camm, A John ^d   more..

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; CRT; CRT D; CRT P; Devices; Guidelines; Heart failure; ICD; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Left ventricular assist device; LVAD

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PACEMAKER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 77958545980     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq192     Document Type: Review

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