Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure
- Finlay A. McAlister, MD, MSc;
- Natasha Wiebe, Mmath; and
- William Abraham, MD
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From University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R7, Canada; University of Alberta Campus, Edmonton, Alberta T6G
2J3, Canada; and Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.
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Figure. CHF = congestive heart failure; CONTAK-CD = Guidant CONTAK CD CRT-D System Trial; MIRACLE = Multicenter InSync Randomized
Clinical Evaluation; MIRACLE-ICD = Multicenter InSync Randomized Clinical Evaluation ICD [implantable cardioverter defibrillator];
MUSTIC-AF = Multisite Stimulation in Cardiomyopathies Atrial Fibrillation; MUSTIC-SR = Multisite Stimulation in Cardiomyopathies
Sinus Rhythm; RR = relative risk. Heart failure hospitalizations with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) versus controls.
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Ann Intern Med
February 15, 2005
vol. 142
no. 4
307-308