Pacing in heart failure: the benefit of resynchronization.
Cardiac resynchronization therapy involves pacing of the left ventricle alone or in concert with the right ventricle within a certain range of atrioventricular delay. It may help patients with systolic heart failure and conduction disturbances by optimizing myocardial performance.
Khaykin
Yaariv
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Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, The Cleveland Clinic, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
Saad
Eduardo B
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Wilkoff
Bruce L
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D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy