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Pacing in heart failure: the benefit of resynchronization
Yaariv Khaykin1, Eduardo B Saad, Bruce L Wilkoff
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, The Cleveland Clinic, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
|November 19, 2003
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.