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A39-3 Selection of candidates for cardiac resynchronization therapy (SCART): Study design and preliminary results [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2003
Andrea Puglisi   +9 more
openalex   +1 more source

Quality of life in heart failure. The heart of the matter. A scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association and the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.
For most patients with chronic, progressive illnesses, maintaining good quality of life (QoL), with preserved functional capacity, is just as crucial as prolonging survival. Patients with heart failure (HF) experience much worse QoL and effort intolerance than both the general population and people with other chronic conditions, since they present a ...
Maurizio Volterrani   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extracardiac compression of the inferolateral branch of the coronary vein by the descending aorta in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy

open access: yesJournal of Arrhythmia, 2017
Extracardiac structures can cause distortion of cardiac anatomy particularly in patients presenting with a significantly dilated heart, and/or thoracic deformities.
Hiroki Konishi, MD, PhD   +8 more
doaj  

Preventive catheter ablation for ventricular arrhythmias in patients with end‐stage heart failure referred for heart transplantation evaluation: Rationale for and design of the CASTLE‐VT trial

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Aims Timely referrals for transplantation and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) play a key role in favourable outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure (HF). Cardiovascular mortality, driven by sudden cardiac death, is the main reason for dying while waiting for heart transplantation (HTx). The purpose of the Preventive Catheter Ablation for
Christian Sohns   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Femoral approach

open access: yesRevista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2017
We describe the case of a 62-year-old female patient with bilateral subclavian vein occlusion, in whom a cardiac resynchronization system was implanted via a femoral vein.
Luís Brandão   +6 more
doaj  

Acute effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on functional mitral regurgitation in advanced systolic heart failure

open access: bronze, 2003
Ole A. Breithardt   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

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