Cardiomyopathy Induced by Artificial Cardiac Pacing: To Whom, When, Why, and How? Insights on Heart Failure Development

ABSTRACT Coordinated and harmonic (synchronous) ventricular electrical activation is essential for better left ventricular systolic function. Intraventricular conduction abnormalities, such as left bundle branch block due to artificial cardiac pacing, lead to electromechanical “dyssynchronopathy” wi...

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Main Authors: Andres Di Leoni Ferrari, Eduardo Bartholomay Oliveira, Ana Paula Tagliari, Adriano Nunes Kochi, Thaís Mariel Andara Beuren, Gustavo Chiari Cabral, Flávio Vinicius Costa Ferreira, Luiz Cláudio Danzmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2022-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382022005009201&tlng=en