True complete left bundle branch block morphology strongly predicts good response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1499-1506

  Tian, Yun ^a   Zhang, Ping ^a   Li, Xuebin ^a   Gao, Ying ^a   Zhu, Tiangang ^a   Wang, Long ^a   Li, Ding ^a   Wang, Jiayu ^a   Yuan, Cuizhen ^a   Guo, Jihong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Electrocardiology; Heart failure; Left bundle branch block; Response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; RESPONSE;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84885009148     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut049     Document Type: Article

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