Biventricular Stimulation: A BLOCKbuster in Cardiac Pacing?

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¹ Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and the Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and the Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: Cecilia.linde@ki.se.

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Frieder Braunschweig et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016.

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. 2016 May 10;67(18):2158-2160.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.01.088.

¹ Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and the Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and the Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: Cecilia.linde@ki.se.

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Keywords: atrioventricular block; cardiac resynchronization therapy; heart block; heart failure; left ventricular function.

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Improvement in Clinical Outcomes With Biventricular Versus Right Ventricular Pacing: The BLOCK HF Study.
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