Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Super-Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Combination of Predictive Factors

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1553-1564

  Yanagisawa, Satoshi ^a,b   Inden, Yasuya ^a   Shimano, Masayuki ^a   Yoshida, Naoki ^a   Fujita, Masaya ^a   Ohguchi, Shiou ^a   Ishikawa, Shinji ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a   Okumura, Satoshi ^a   Miyoshi, Aya ^a   Nagao, Tomoyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Toshihiko ^a   Hirai, Makoto ^c   Murohara, Toyoaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chunichi Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; right ventricular pacing; super responder; upgrading; ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGED; EVALUATION STUDY; HEART FAILURE; REMISSION;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84937511486     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12506     Document Type: Article

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