Histopathology of the Posterolateral Myocardium in a Responder to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Histopathology of the Posterolateral Myocardium in a Responder to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

We present a 72-year-old man with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, who was in New York Heart Association class III and had left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony on tissue Doppler imaging. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) was performed for his heart failure, which improved to class I. Two years...

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Main Authors: Chiaki Obara, MD, Taka-aki Matsuyama, MD, Yuki Mikoshiba, MD, Naoei Isomura, MD, Kazuhiro Ashida, MD, Hiroshi Araki, MD, Masahiko Ochiai, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008-01-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Subjects:
Cardiac resynchronization therapy
Pathologic finding
Coronary vein pacing
Idiopathic dilated
cardiomyopathy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427608800166

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