New guidelines for cardiac resynchronisation therapy: simplicity or complexity for the doctor?

Editorial

C Leclercq. Heart. 2007 Sep.

. 2007 Sep;93(9):1017-9.

doi: 10.1136/hrt.2007.122267.

Abstract

See article on page 1134

Conflict of interest: None declared.

Tissue synchronisation imaging accurately measures left ventricular dyssynchrony and predicts response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy.
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