Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 432-438 , May 2010

Extending the Boundaries of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Efficacy in Atrial Fibrillation, New York Heart Association Class II, and Narrow QRS Heart Failure Patients

  • Sara Wein, MBBS, BMEDSC

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Aleksandr Voskoboinik, MBBS (HONS)

      Affiliations

    • Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Lironne Wein, MBBS (HONS), BMEDSC (HONS)

      Affiliations

    • Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Baki Billah, PhD, MAS, MSc, BSc (HONS)

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Henry Krum, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Professor Henry Krum, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University / Alfred Hospital, 89 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9903 0042; Fax: +61 3 9903 0556.

Received 6 August 2009 ,Revised 7 November 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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 Prof Henry Krum is on the executive committee of the EchoCRT trial, which is sponsored by Biotronik, Inc.

PII: S1071-9164(09)01238-X

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.12.018

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 432-438 , May 2010

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