Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients who are upgraded and respond to cardiac resynchronization therapy have less ventricular arrhythmias compared with nonresponders

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2282-2289

  Thijssen, Joep ^a   Borleffs, C Jan Willem ^a   Delgado, Victoria ^a   Van Rees, Johannes B ^a   Mooyaart, Eline A Q ^a   Van Bommel, Rutger J ^a   Van Erven, Lieselot ^a   Boersma, Eric ^b   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; device upgrade; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; remodeling; ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 81255173192     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.08.038     Document Type: Article

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