New guidelines for cardiac resynchronisation therapy: simplicity or complexity for the doctor?
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- DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.122267
New guidelines for cardiac resynchronisation therapy: simplicity or complexity for the doctor?
Abstract
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Conflict of interest statement
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Comment on
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Tissue synchronisation imaging accurately measures left ventricular dyssynchrony and predicts response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy.Heart. 2007 Sep;93(9):1034-9. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.099424. Epub 2007 Feb 19. Heart. 2007. PMID: 17309912 Free PMC article.
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