?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Biventricular+Pacing+in+Congestive+Heart+Failure%0A&rft.creator=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=Congestive+heart+failure+(CHF)+is+a+common%2C+debilitating+and+usually+lethal+condition+responsible+for+enormous+burden+on+health+care.+The+recent+trials+have+shown+improvement+in+morbidity+and+mortality+with+ACE+inhibitors+and+beta+blockers1%2C2%2C3.+However%2C+despite+this+the+overall+prognosis+remains+dismal.+The+other+alternative+of+cardiac+transplantation+has+several+limitations+including+the+donor+organ+scarcity.+In+view+of+this+gloomy+prognosis%2C+several+alternative+strategies+are+being+explored%2C+one+of+which+has+been+pacing+for+heart+failure.+In+this+form+of+therapy+pacing+is+used+in+absence+of+the+conventional+bradyarrhthymic++indications+with+an+attempt+to+lead+to+optimization+of+AV+delay+and+co-ordination+of+ventricular+contraction.%0A%0A&rft.publisher=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Group&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.contributor=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.contributor=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.contributor=Gupta%2C+Anup&rft.date=2002-04&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4311%2F1%2Fbalbir.htm&rft.identifier=++Singh%2C+Balbir++(2002)+Biventricular+Pacing+in+Congestive+Heart+Failure.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4311%2F