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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461597903321

Titolo

Cardiac resynchronization therapy [[electronic resource] ] : an established pacing therapy for heart failure and mechanical dyssynchrony / / editor, Ignasi Anguera Camós

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Saif Zone, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates], : Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., [2011]

ISBN

1-60805-030-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (117 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CamòsIgnasi Anguera

Disciplina

617.4/120645

617.4120645

Soggetti

Cardiac pacing

Congestive heart failure

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

02 Cover Page; 03 eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Content; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 List of contributors; 08 Chapter 1; 09 Chapter 2; 10 Chapter 3; 11 Chapter 4; 12 Chapter 5; 13 Chapter 6; 14 Chapter 7; 15 Chapter 8; 16 Chapter 9; 17 Chapter 10; 18 INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In recent decades, the prevalence of heart failure has steadily increased and can be considered a contemporary cardiovascular epidemic. Therefore, treatment of heart failure is a primary focus of cardiovascular disease management strategies. Cardiac resynchronization therapy: an established pacing therapy for heart failure and mechanical dyssynchrony provides basic knowledge about congestive heart failure and also covers the evolution of cardiac resynchronization therapy. State-of-the-art information and future directions of this therapeutic tool are explained. As cardiac resynchronization the