Analyses of the redistribution of work following cardiac resynchronisation therapy in a patient specific model.

Regulation of regional work is essential for efficient cardiac function. In patients with heart failure and electrical dysfunction such as left branch bundle block regional work is often depressed in the septum. Following cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) this heterogeneous distribution of wor...

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Main Authors: Steven Alexander Niederer, Pablo Lamata, Gernot Plank, Phani Chinchapatnam, Matt Ginks, Kawal Rhode, Christopher Aldo Rinaldi, Reza Razavi, Nicolas Peter Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3429501?pdf=render