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Long-term survival in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: the importance of performing atrio-ventricular junction ablation in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation

AIMS: To investigate the effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) on survival in heart failure (HF) patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) and the role of atrio-ventricular junction (AVJ) ablation in these patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: Data from 1285 consecutive patients implant...

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Autores principales: Gasparini, Maurizio, Auricchio, Angelo, Metra, Marco, Regoli, François, Fantoni, Cecilia, Lamp, Barbara, Curnis, Antonio, Vogt, Juergen, Klersy, Catherine
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18390869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn133