Left Ventricular Versus Simultaneous Biventricular Pacing in Patients With Heart Failure and a QRS Complex ≥120 Milliseconds

A randomized double-blind comparison of biventricular versus left ventricular stimulation for cardiac resynchronization therapy: The Biventricular versus Left Univentricular Pacing with ICD Back-up in Heart Failure Patients (B-LEFT HF) trial

(2010) Giuseppe Boriani et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of frequent optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy: The Frequent Optimization Study Using the QuickOpt Method (FREEDOM) trial

(2010) William T. Abraham et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Complication Rates Associated With Pacemaker or Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Generator Replacements and Upgrade Procedures

(2010) Jeanne E. Poole et al.   CIRCULATION

Agreement Is Poor Among Current Criteria Used to Define Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2010) Brandon K. Fornwalt et al.   CIRCULATION

Dyssynchrony Indices To Predict Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

(2010) Chinami Miyazaki et al.   Circulation-Heart Failure

Measurement of breathlessness in clinical trials in patients with chronic heart failure: the need for a standardized approach: a systematic review

(2010) Miriam J. Johnson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

Reporting and Interpretation of Randomized Controlled Trials With Statistically Nonsignificant Results for Primary Outcomes

(2010) Isabelle Boutron   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for Mild-to-Moderate Heart Failure

(2010) Anthony S.L. Tang et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Usefulness of Non-Invasive Measurement of Cardiac Output During Sub-Maximal Exercise to Predict Outcome in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

(2009) Ayumi Goda et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

The 6-min walk test in heart failure: is it a max or sub-maximum exercise test?

(2009) Melissa Jehn et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Prevention of Disease Progression by Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Asymptomatic or Mildly Symptomatic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

(2009) Claude Daubert et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for the Prevention of Heart-Failure Events

(2009) Arthur J. Moss et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Interventricular Delay Interval Optimization in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Guided by Echocardiography Versus Guided by Electrocardiographic QRS Interval Width

(2008) Matteo Bertini et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: application of natriuretic peptides

(2008) R. Pfister et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: Executive Summary

(2008) Andrew E. Epstein et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Unconventional End Points in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials: Should We Be Moving Away From Morbidity and Mortality?

(2008) Jay Cohn et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE

Disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaires for heart failure: a systematic review with meta-analyses

(2008) Olatz Garin et al.   QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH