Cardiac resynchronization therapy for the treatment of heart failure in patients with intraventricular conduction delay and malignant ventricular...

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MedicineCardiologyInternal medicineCardiac resynchronization therapyEjection fractionHeart failureVentricular tachycardiaVentricular fibrillationDiastoleImplantable cardioverter-defibrillatorBlood pressure

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Year: 2003
Type: article
Volume: 42
Issue: 8
Pages: 1454-1459
Citations: 708
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                                    Steven L. Higgins, 
                                
                                    John D. Hummel, 
                                
                                    Imran Khan Niazi
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2003). 
                            Cardiac resynchronization therapy for the treatment of heart failure in patients with intraventricular conduction delay and malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias. 
                            Journal of the American College of Cardiology
                            , 42
                            (8)
                            , 1454-1459.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(03)01042-8
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(03)01042-8