Beyond the measurement of QRS complex toward mechanical dyssynchrony: cardiac resynchronisation therapy in heart failure patients with a normal QRS duration
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- 1 May 2004
- Vol. 90 (5) , 479-481
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2003.024273
Abstract
Mechanical systolic dyssynchrony exists in many patients with heart failure, irrespective of QRS duration, and so more patients may derive benefit from cardiac resynchronisation therapy than previously consideredKeywords
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