Left atrial volume and the benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy in the MADIT-CRT Trial

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 154-160

  Kuperstein, Rafael ^a,b   Goldenberg, Ilan ^a,b,c   Moss, Arthur J ^c   Solomon, Scott ^d   Bourgoun, Mikhail ^c   Shah, Amil ^c   McNitt, Scott ^c   Zareba, Wojciech ^c   Klempfner, Robert ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; HEART FAILURE;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896140797     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000748     Document Type: Article

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