Analysis of left ventricular function in patients with heart failure undergoing cardiac resynchronization Análise da função ventricular esquerda de pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca submetidos à ressincronização cardíaca

Analysis of left ventricular function in patients with heart failure undergoing cardiac resynchronization Análise da função ventricular esquerda de pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca submetidos à ressincronização cardíaca

BACKGROUND: The gold standard surgical treatment for heart failure is cardiac transplantation, however, due to difficulties of this treatment, other surgical proposals have been reported, including the implantation of cardiac resynchronizer. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the left ventricular function by ech...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Adala Benfatti, Felipe Matsushita Manzano, José Carlos Dorsa Vieira Pontes, Amaury Edgardo Mont'Serrat Ávila Souza Dias, João Jackson Duarte, Guilherme Viotto Rodrigues da Silva, Jandir Ferreira Gomes Junior, Neimar Gardenal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2013-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Subjects:
Insuficiência cardíaca
Terapia de Ressincronização Cardíaca
Ecocardiografia
Heart failure
Cardiac resynchronization therapy
Echocardiography
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