[Three-chamber pacemakers (ventricular resynchronization therapy)].
The medical treatment of patients with Congestive Heart Failure, functional class III-IV, has improved the quality of life, but have not reduced mortality. One group of these patients courses with intraventricular conduction delay and interventricular asynchrony, which worsens ventricular function. Resynchronization therapy is a novel alternative for the management of these individuals.
Peña Duque
Marco Antonio
MA
Departamento de Hemodinámica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan, 14080 México, D. F.
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004867:Equipment Design; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D016276:Ventricular Function