Defining left bundle branch block in the era of cardiac resynchronization therapy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 927-934

  Strauss, David G ^a,b   Selvester, Ronald H ^c   Wagner, Galen S ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952027618     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.11.010     Document Type: Review

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