Clinical effects of cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) as a treatment for chronic heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 703-712

  Borggrefe, Martin ^a   Burkhoff, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Cardiac contractility modulation; Electrical treatment of heart failure; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84862900983     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs078     Document Type: Review

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