Beneficial Effect on Cardiac Resynchronization from Left Ventricular Endocardial Pacing Is Mediated by Early Access to High Conduction Velocity Tissue: Electrophysiological Simulation Study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1164-1172

  Hyde, Eoin R ^a   Behar, Jonathan M ^a,b   Claridge, Simon ^b   Jackson, Tom ^a   Lee, Angela W C ^a   Remme, Espen W ^c   Sohal, Manav ^a,b   Plank, Gernot ^d   Razavi, Reza ^a   Rinaldi, Christopher A ^a,b   Niederer, Steven A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; electric stimulation; electrophysiology; heart failure; heart ventricles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CANINE MODEL; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; ANIMAL; DOG; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 84944678230     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.002677     Document Type: Article

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