Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure and a QRS complex <120 milliseconds: the Evaluation of Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure (LESSER-EARTH) trial.

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Published in Circulation on February 06, 2013

Authors

Bernard Thibault1, François Harel, Anique Ducharme, Michel White, Kenneth A Ellenbogen, Nancy Frasure-Smith, Denis Roy, François Philippon, Paul Dorian, Mario Talajic, Marc Dubuc, Peter G Guerra, Laurent Macle, Léna Rivard, Jason Andrade, Paul Khairy, LESSER-EARTH Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QB, Canada. bernard.thibault@umontreal.ca

Associated clinical trials:

Evaluation of Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure (EARTH) | NCT00900549

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