Cardiac resynchronization therapy is certainly cardiac therapy, but how much resynchronization and how much atrioventricular delay optimization?

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 727-736

  Kyriacou, Andreas ^a,b   Pabari, Punam A ^a,b   Francis, Darrel P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrio ventricular optimization; CRT; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR DELAY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QRS COMPLEX; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868214994     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-011-9271-1     Document Type: Article

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