Pacing in heart failure: the benefit of resynchronization
Cleve Clin J Med. 2003 Oct;70(10):841, 845-6, 848-50, passim.
doi: 10.3949/ccjm.70.10.841.
Affiliation
- 1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, The Cleveland Clinic, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
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Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods*
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Heart Failure / physiopathology
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Heart Failure / therapy*
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Hemodynamics
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Humans
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy