Effect of QRS duration and morphology on cardiac resynchronization therapy outcomes in mild heart failure: Results from the resynchronization reverses remodeling in systolic left ventricular dysfunction (REVERSE) study

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 822-829

  Gold, Michael R ^a   Thébault, Christophe ^b   Linde, Cecilia ^c   Abraham, William T ^d   Gerritse, Bart ^e   Ghio, Stefano ^f   St John Sutton, Martin ^g   Daubert, Jean Claude ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^g HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bundle branch block; cardiomyopathy; heart failure; pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR END SYSTOLIC VOLUME INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84865220730     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.097709     Document Type: Article

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