Effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients without left intraventricular dyssynchrony

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 913-920

  Auger, Dominique ^a,b   Bleeker, Gabe B ^a   Bertini, Matteo ^a   Ewe, See H ^a   Van Bommel, Rutger J ^a   Witkowski, Tomasz G ^a   Ng, Arnold C T ^a   Van Erven, Lieselot ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Delgado, Victoria ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT INTRAVENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84859492050     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr468     Document Type: Article

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