The Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization on Morbidity and Mortality in Heart Failure
Author(s) -
John G.F. Cleland,
JeanClaude Daubert,
Erland Erdmann,
Nick Freemantle,
Daniel Gras,
Lukas Kappenberger,
Luigi Tavazzi
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa050496
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac resynchronization therapy , heart failure , cardiology , hazard ratio , ejection fraction , ventricular dyssynchrony , confidence interval , clinical endpoint , randomized controlled trial
Cardiac resynchronization reduces symptoms and improves left ventricular function in many patients with heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction and cardiac dyssynchrony. We evaluated its effects on morbidity and mortality.
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