Preventing ventricular dysfunction in pacemaker patients without advanced heart failure: Results from a multicentre international randomized trial (PREVENT-HF)

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 633-641

  Stockburger, Martin ^a   Gómez Doblas, Juan José ^b   Lamas, Gervasio ^c   Alzueta, Javier ^b   Fernández Lozano, Ignacio ^d   Cobo, Erik ^e   Wiegand, Uwe ^f   Concha, Joaqun Fernández De La ^g   Navarro, Xavier ^h   Navarro López, Francisco ⁱ   De Teresa, Eduardo ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^g HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^h Medtronic Iberica SA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization; Left ventricular; Pacing for AV block; Prevention of heart failure; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79957874140     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr041     Document Type: Article

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