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Implementation of seven echocardiographic parameters of myocardial asynchrony to improve the long-term response rate of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)

BACKGROUND: Cardiac resynchronization Therapy (CRT) is an effective therapy for chronic heart failure with beneficial hemodynamic effects leading to a reduction of morbidity and mortality. The responder rates, however, are low. There are various and contentious echocardiographic parameters of myocar...

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Autores principales: Knebel, Fabian, Schattke, Sebastian, Bondke, Hansjürgen, Richter, Christoph, Melzer, Christoph, Dreger, Henryk, Grohmann, Andrea, Baumann, Gert, Borges, Adrian C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2613384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19032733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-6-58