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Systematic review: cardiac resynchronization in patients with symptomatic heart failure.

McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA, Wiebe N, Rowe B, Spooner C, Crumley E, Hartling L, Klassen T, Abraham W.

Ann Intern Med. 2004 Sep 7;141(5):381-90. Epub 2004 Aug 16. Review. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med. 2005 Feb 15;142(4):311. PMID: 15353430 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cardiac resynchronization therapy and implantable cardiac defibrillators in left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

McAlister FA, Ezekowitz J, Dryden DM, Hooton N, Vandermeer B, Friesen C, Spooner C, Rowe BH.

Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2007 Jun;(152):1-199. Review.PMID: 17764218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cardiac resynchronization therapy for patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a systematic review.

McAlister FA, Ezekowitz J, Hooton N, Vandermeer B, Spooner C, Dryden DM, Page RL, Hlatky MA, Rowe BH.

JAMA. 2007 Jun 13;297(22):2502-14. Review.PMID: 17565085 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cardiac resynchronization and death from progressive heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Bradley DJ, Bradley EA, Baughman KL, Berger RD, Calkins H, Goodman SN, Kass DA, Powe NR.

JAMA. 2003 Feb 12;289(6):730-40.PMID: 12585952 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Biventricular pacing improves quality of life and exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure and intraventricular conduction delay.

Krahn AD, Snell L, Yee R, Finan J, Skanes AC, Klein GJ.

Can J Cardiol. 2002 Apr;18(4):380-7.PMID: 11992131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with advanced heart failure: the Multicenter InSync Randomized Clinical Evaluation (MIRACLE).

Abraham WT.

J Card Fail. 2000 Dec;6(4):369-80.PMID: 11145762 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without a defibrillator on survival and hospitalizations in patients with New York Heart Association class IV heart failure.

Lindenfeld J, Feldman AM, Saxon L, Boehmer J, Carson P, Ghali JK, Anand I, Singh S, Steinberg JS, Jaski B, DeMarco T, Mann D, Yong P, Galle E, Ecklund F, Bristow M.

Circulation. 2007 Jan 16;115(2):204-12. Epub 2006 Dec 26.PMID: 17190867 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Does cardiac resynchronisation therapy improve survival and quality of life in patients with end-stage heart failure?

Turley AJ, Raja SG, Salhiyyah K, Nagarajan K.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Dec;7(6):1141-6. Epub 2008 Jun 9. Review.PMID: 18541605 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Randomized trial of cardiac resynchronization in mildly symptomatic heart failure patients and in asymptomatic patients with left ventricular dysfunction and previous heart failure symptoms.

Linde C, Abraham WT, Gold MR, St John Sutton M, Ghio S, Daubert C; REVERSE (REsynchronization reVErses Remodeling in Systolic left vEntricular dysfunction) Study Group.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Dec 2;52(23):1834-43. Epub 2008 Nov 7.PMID: 19038680 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effect of cardiac resynchronization on morbidity and mortality in heart failure.

Cleland JG, Daubert JC, Erdmann E, Freemantle N, Gras D, Kappenberger L, Tavazzi L; Cardiac Resynchronization-Heart Failure (CARE-HF) Study Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2005 Apr 14;352(15):1539-49. Epub 2005 Mar 7.PMID: 15753115 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronisation (biventricular pacing) for heart failure: systematic review and economic model.

Fox M, Mealing S, Anderson R, Dean J, Stein K, Price A, Taylor RS.

Health Technol Assess. 2007 Nov;11(47):iii-iv, ix-248. Review.PMID: 17999842 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Combined cardiac resynchronization and implantable cardioversion defibrillation in advanced chronic heart failure: the MIRACLE ICD Trial.

Young JB, Abraham WT, Smith AL, Leon AR, Lieberman R, Wilkoff B, Canby RC, Schroeder JS, Liem LB, Hall S, Wheelan K; Multicenter InSync ICD Randomized Clinical Evaluation (MIRACLE ICD) Trial Investigators.

JAMA. 2003 May 28;289(20):2685-94.PMID: 12771115 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Metaanalysis on effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients with narrow QRS complex.

Jeevanantham V, Zareba W, Navaneethan S, Fitzgerald D, Yu CM, Achilli A, Bax J, Daubert J.

Cardiol J. 2008;15(3):230-6.PMID: 18651415 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Feasibility, safety, and mid-term efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with severe heart failure and ventricular conduction delay: Chulalongkorn experience.

Sunsaneewitayakul B, Sitthisook S, Sangwatanaroj S, Prechawat S, Songmuang SB.

J Med Assoc Thai. 2007 Jul;90(7):1458-66.PMID: 17710992 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure: systematic review.

Lemos Júnior HP, Atallah AN.

Sao Paulo Med J. 2009 Jan;127(1):40-5. Review.PMID: 19466294 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Quality and outcomes of heart failure care in older adults: role of multidisciplinary disease-management programs.

Ahmed A.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002 Sep;50(9):1590-3.PMID: 12383160 [PubMed]Related articles

MERIT-HF mortality and morbidity data.

Hjalmarson A, Fagerberg B.

Basic Res Cardiol. 2000;95 Suppl 1:I98-103. Review.PMID: 11192362 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cardiac resynchronization in patients with congestive heart failure and chronic atrial fibrillation: effect of upgrading to biventricular pacing after chronic right ventricular pacing.

Leon AR, Greenberg JM, Kanuru N, Baker CM, Mera FV, Smith AL, Langberg JJ, DeLurgio DB.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002 Apr 17;39(8):1258-63.PMID: 11955841 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with chronic heart failure: pathophysiology and current experience.

Seidl K, Rameken M, Vater M, Senges J.

Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2002;2(4):219-26. Review.PMID: 14727967 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of controlled-release metoprolol on total mortality, hospitalizations, and well-being in patients with heart failure: the Metoprolol CR/XL Randomized Intervention Trial in congestive heart failure (MERIT-HF). MERIT-HF Study Group.

Hjalmarson A, Goldstein S, Fagerberg B, Wedel H, Waagstein F, Kjekshus J, Wikstrand J, El Allaf D, Vítovec J, Aldershvile J, Halinen M, Dietz R, Neuhaus KL, Jánosi A, Thorgeirsson G, Dunselman PH, Gullestad L, Kuch J, Herlitz J, Rickenbacher P, Ball S, Gottlieb S, Deedwania P.

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