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Time-dependent effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy on ventricular repolarization and ventricular arrhythmias
Author(s) -
Mitsuaki Itoh,
Akihiro Yoshida,
Koji Fukuzawa,
Kunihiko Kiuchi,
Keigo Imamura,
Ryudo Fujiwara,
Atsushi Suzuki,
Tomoyuki Nakanishi,
Soichiro Yamashita,
Akinori Matsumoto,
K.-i. Hirata
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eut145
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac resynchronization therapy , cardiology , ventricular fibrillation , ventricular tachycardia , repolarization , heart failure , ventricular pacing , ejection fraction , electrophysiology
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves the clinical status of patients with congestive heart failure, although left ventricular epicardial pacing may increase transmural dispersion of repolarization (TDR). The aim of this study was to investigate the time-dependent effect of CRT on ventricular repolarization and ventricular arrhythmia at mid-term follow-up.

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