Effects of Resynchronization Therapy on Cardiac Function in Pacemaker Patients “Upgraded” to Biventricular Devices
- 28 October 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
- Vol. 15 (11) , 1284-1289
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.04279.x
Abstract
Introduction: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves echocardiographic measures of cardiac function and has a variable effect on QRS duration in patients with left bundle branch block (LBB...Keywords
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