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For Heart Failure Patients, Certain Findings On ECG Predicts Risk Of Rehospitalization And Death

Among patients hospitalized with heart failure, having a longer than normal QRS duration appears to predict a high risk of death or rehospitalization within a few months after discharge, according to ...
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Atrial Overdrive Pacing Inducing QRS Complexes of Varying Duration in a Patient with Recurrent Syncope. What is the Mechanism?

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008;31(2):229-231. A 52-year-old man was admitted in our institution with cranial traumatism due to a syn-copal episode that occurred while he was walking. Several weeks ...
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Prevalence of Mechanical Dyssynchrony in Heart Failure Patients With Different QRS Durations

Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has emerged as an established therapy for congestive heart failure. However, up to 30% of patients fail to respond to CRT despite prolonged QRS.
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For heart failure patients, certain findings on ECG predicts risk of rehospitalization and death

Among patients hospitalized with heart failure, having a longer than normal QRS duration (a measurement of the electrical conducting time of the heart on an electrocardiogram (ECG)] appears to predict ...