Cardiac-resynchronization therapy in heart failure with a narrow QRS complex

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1395-1405

  Ruschitzka, Frank ^a   Abraham, William T ^b   Singh, Jagmeet P ^c   Bax, Jeroen J ^d   Borer, Jeffrey S ^e   Brugada, Josep ^f   Dickstein, Kenneth ^g   Ford, Ian ^h   Gorcsan III, John ⁱ   Gras, Daniel ^j   Krum, Henry ^k   Sogaard, Peter ^l   Holzmeister, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^j Nouvelles Cliniques Nantaises   (France)

^k MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84885607983     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1306687     Document Type: Article

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