Cardiac resynchronization therapy-refocus on the electrical substrate-

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1297-1304

  Strik, Marc ^a   Ploux, Sylvain ^c   Vernooy, Kevin ^b   Prinzen, Frits W ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Electrophysiology; Left bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ELECTRICAL SUBSTRATE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART PACING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KINETICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957766199     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-0356     Document Type: Review

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