title: Cardiac resynchronization therapy: state-of-the-art of current applications, guidelines, ongoing trials, and areas of controversy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Physiology (F.W.P.) and Cardiology (K.V.), Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands; and the Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland (A.A.).
authors.forename: Frits W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Prinzen
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vernooy
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Auricchio
mesh_terms: D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D054143:Heart Failure, Systolic / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
keywords: heart failure; left bundle-branch block; mechanical dyssynchrony; pacemaker, artificial; standards