Could exercise unveil the mystery of non-response to cardiac resynchronization therapy?

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 768-769

  Zhang, Qing ^a,b   Yu, Cheuk Man ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79957888190     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur044     Document Type: Editorial

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