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Simple Echo Measures of Dyssynchrony Can Help Predict Which HF Patients Best Respond to CRT
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Title Simple Echo Measures of Dyssynchrony Can Help Predict Which HF Patients Best Respond to CRT
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576807?src=rss
Description Among those heart-failure patients in whom the value of cardiac resynchronization therapy is not yet clearly established, the presence of mechanical dyssynchrony as measured by simple Doppler echo can help predict responders, a new study finds. Heartwire
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Jun 28, 2008
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