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Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients: an update.

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Jeevanantham, V; Daubert, JP; Zareba, W
Published in: Cardiol J
2009

Heart failure continues to be a major public health problem with high morbidity and mortality rates, despite the advances in medical treatment. Advanced heart failure patients have severe persistent symptoms and a poor quality of life. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), an invasive therapy which involves synchronized pacing of both right and left ventricles, improves ventricular conduction delay and left ventricular performance. Several clinical trials of CRT in medically refractory heart failure patients with wide QRS (> 120 ms), left ventricular ejection fraction

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Published In

Cardiol J

EISSN

1898-018X

Publication Date

2009

Volume

16

Issue

3

Start / End Page

197 / 209

Location

Poland

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Function, Left
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Recovery of Function
  • Quality of Life
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Patient Selection
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Humans
  • Heart Failure
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
 

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Jeevanantham, V., Daubert, J. P., & Zareba, W. (2009). Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients: an update. Cardiol J, 16(3), 197–209.
Jeevanantham, Vinodh, James P. Daubert, and Wojciech Zareba. “Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients: an update.Cardiol J 16, no. 3 (2009): 197–209.
Jeevanantham V, Daubert JP, Zareba W. Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients: an update. Cardiol J. 2009;16(3):197–209.
Jeevanantham, Vinodh, et al. “Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients: an update.Cardiol J, vol. 16, no. 3, 2009, pp. 197–209.
Jeevanantham V, Daubert JP, Zareba W. Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients: an update. Cardiol J. 2009;16(3):197–209.

Published In

Cardiol J

EISSN

1898-018X

Publication Date

2009

Volume

16

Issue

3

Start / End Page

197 / 209

Location

Poland

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Function, Left
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Recovery of Function
  • Quality of Life
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Patient Selection
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Humans
  • Heart Failure
  • Evidence-Based Medicine