QRS axis and the benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with mildly symptomatic heart failure enrolled in MADIT-CRT

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 442-448

  Brenyo, Andrew ^a   Rao, Mohan ^a   Barsheshet, Alon ^a   Cannom, David ^b   Quesada, Aurelio ^c   McNitt, Scott ^a   Huang, David T ^a   Moss, Arthur J ^a   Zareba, Wojciech ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; electrocardiography; heart failure; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; left bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CANADA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84875866662     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12057     Document Type: Article

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