Effects of Multisite Biventricular Pacing in Patients with Heart Failure and Intraventricular Conduction Delay

Cazeau, Serge; Leclercq, Christophe; Lavergne, Thomas; Walker, Stuart; Varma, Chetan; Linde, Cecilia; Garrigue, Stéphane; Kappenberger, Lukas; A. Haywood, Guy; Santini, Massimo; Bailleul, Christophe; Mabo, Philippe; Lazarus, Arnaud; Ritter, Philippe; Levy, Terry; J. McKenna, William; Daubert, Jean‐Claude

doi:10.1056/nejm200103223441202

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Effects of Multisite Biventricular Pacing in Patients with Heart Failure and Intraventricular Conduction Delay

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 22, 2001

Authors:

Serge Cazeau

Christophe Leclercq

Thomas Lavergne

Abstract

BACKGROUND: One third of patients with chronic heart failure have electrocardiographic evidence of a major intraventricular conduction delay, which may worsen left ventricular systolic dysfunction through asynchronous ventricular contraction. Uncontrolled studies suggest that multisite biventricular...

Subject

Medicine

Cardiology

Heart failure

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