Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves ejection fraction and cardiac remodelling regardless of patients' age

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 704-710

  Brambatti, Michela ^a   Guerra, Federico ^a   Matassini, Maria Vittoria ^a   Cipolletta, Laura ^a   Barbarossa, Alessandro ^a   Urbinati, Alessia ^a   Marchesini, Marco ^a   Capucci, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; CRT; Echocardiography; Elderly; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; INFECTION; INTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HEART FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84877310480     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus376     Document Type: Article

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