Cardiac resynchronization in patients with congestive heart failure and chronic atrial fibrillation
Effect of upgrading to biventricular pacing after chronic right ventricular pacing
Angel R. Leon, MD, FACC*,*,
Jeffrey M. Greenberg, MD*,
Narendra Kanuru, MD*,
Cindy M. Baker, MD*,
Fernando V. Mera, MD, FACC*,
Andrew L. Smith, MD, FACC*,
Jonathan J. Langberg, MD, FACC* and
David B. DeLurgio, MD, FACC*
* Carlyle Fraser Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Figure 1 Improvement in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class after upgrade from a RV pacemaker to a biventricular pacemaker (BVP).
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Figure 2 Reduction in number of hospitalizations required 1 year prior to the upgrade from a RV pacemaker to a biventricular pacemaker (BVP) compared to 1 year after.
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Figure 3 Improvement in ejection fraction (%) after upgrade from a RV to a biventricular pacemaker (BVP).
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