Left Ventricular or Biventricular Pacing Improves Cardiac Function at Diminished Energy Cost in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Left Bundle-Branch Block
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- 19 December 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 102 (25) , 3053-3059
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.102.25.3053
Abstract
Background—Left ventricular or biventricular pacing/stimulation can acutely improve systolic function in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and intraventricular conduction delay by resynchr...Keywords
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