title: Does cardiac resynchronization therapy benefit patients with right bundle branch block: cardiac resynchronization therapy has a role in patients with right bundle branch block.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland (A.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands (J.L.); and Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands (F.W.P.). angelo.auricchio@cardiocentro.org.
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Auricchio
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland (A.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands (J.L.); and Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands (F.W.P.).
authors.forename: Joost
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lumens
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland (A.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands (J.L.); and Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands (F.W.P.).
authors.forename: Frits W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Prinzen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D002423:Cause of Death; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012380:Role; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: bundle-branch block; cardiac resynchronization therapy; heart failure