Left ventricular epicardial electrograms show divergent changes in action potential duration in responders and nonresponders to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-271

  Chen, Zhong ^a   Hanson, Ben ^b   Sohal, Manav ^a   Sammut, Eva ^a   Child, Nick ^a   Shetty, Anoop ^a   Boucher, Ryan ^c   Bostock, Julian ^a   Gill, Jaswinder ^a   Carr White, Gerald ^a   Rinaldi, C Aldo ^a   Taggart, Peter ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c St Jude Medical Stratford Upon Avon ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Activation recovery interval; Cardiac remodeling; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Mechano electric feedback

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BISOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84878100860     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.000148     Document Type: Article

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