G Nichol, P Kaul, E Huszti, JFP Bridges - Annals of internal medicine, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Heart failure is a common, costly, and debilitating illness.
Resynchronization of ventricular contraction in patients with heart failure
improves ejection fraction. The long-term morbidity and costs associated ... Cited by 64 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
B Kurt - Value in Health, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com The European CRT model is an important tool to assess the economic value of CRT
in patients with moderate to severe heart failure. In the light of the planned
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- ►oxfordjournals.org MJ Calvert, N Freemantle, G Yao, JGF Cleland, … - European heart journal, 2005 - Eur Soc Cardiology Methods and results This prospective analysis based on intention to treat data
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- ►annals.org [PDF] GM Leung, TH Rainer, FL Lau, IOL Wong, A … - Annals of internal medicine, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Even with optimal pharmacotherapy, symptomatic heart failure is
associated with substantial morbidity and mortal- ity. Purpose: To determine the
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- ►onlinejacc.org [PDF] AM Feldman, G de Lissovoy, MR Bristow, LA … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2005 - Elsevier The analysis goal was to estimate incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs)
for the Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Heart
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- ►annals.org [PDF] FA McAlister, JA Ezekowitz, N Wiebe, B Rowe … - Annals of internal medicine, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Even with optimal pharmacotherapy, symptomatic heart failure is
associated with substantial morbidity and mortal- ity. Purpose: To determine the
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MA Hlatky, BM Massie - Annals of internal medicine, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Cardiac conduction abnormalities may worsen heart failure by disrupting the
coordination of left ventricular contraction, making it even less effective.
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KA Ellenbogen, AS Hellkamp, BL Wilkoff, JL … - The American journal of cardiology, 2003 - Elsevier Patients were eligible if they were at least 21 years old, if they underwent
initial implantation of a DDDR pacemaker for sinus node dysfunction, if they
were in sinus rhythm at the time of implantation, and if they had good ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - All 9 versions
F McAlister, J Ezekowitz, N Wiebe, B Rowe, C … - Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ), 2004 - ahrq.gov Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality US Department of Health
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life years, and QALYs associated with CRT (± ICD) and MT in patients with heart
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