Long-term outcome of cardiac contractility modulation in patients with severe congestive heart failure

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1436-1444

  Schau, Thomas ^a   Seifert, Martin ^a   Meyhfer, Jrgen ^a   Neuss, Michael ^a   Butter, Christian ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac contractility modulation; Congestive heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053408814     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur153     Document Type: Article

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