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Heart 2007;93:1017-1019; doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.122267
Copyright © 2007 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society

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New guidelines for cardiac resynchronisation therapy: simplicity or complexity for the doctor?

C Leclercq

Department of Cardiology, Rennes University Hospital

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Professor C Leclercq
Département de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, Centre Cardio-Pneumologique, Hôpital Pontchaillou, rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35033 Rennes Cedex 09, France; christophe.leclercq{at}chu-rennes.fr

ABSTRACT

See article on page 1134

Abbreviations: CRT, cardiac resynchronisation therapy; CRT-D, cardiac resynchronisation therapy with a defibrillator device; CRT-P, cardiac resynchronisation therapy with a pacing device; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA, New York Heart Association

Keywords: cardiac resynchronisation therapy; guidelines; heart failure


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