Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure with a Narrow QRS Complex
Author(s) -
Frank Ruschitzka,
William T. Abraham,
G. André Ng,
Jeroen J. Bax,
Jeffrey Borer,
Josép Brugada,
Kenneth Dickstein,
Ian Ford,
John Gorcsan,
Daniel Gras,
Henry Krum,
Peter Søgaard,
Johannes Holzmeister
Publication year - 2013
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/nejmoa1306687
Subject(s) - cardiac resynchronization therapy , medicine , qrs complex , heart failure , cardiology , ventricular dyssynchrony , ejection fraction
Cardiac-resynchronization therapy (CRT) reduces morbidity and mortality in chronic systolic heart failure with a wide QRS complex. Mechanical dyssynchrony also occurs in patients with a narrow QRS complex, which suggests the potential usefulness of CRT in such patients.
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