?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Left+Ventricular+Pacing+In+Patients+With+Congestive+Heart+Failure+&rft.creator=Etienne%2C+Yves&rft.creator=Marjaneh%2C+Fatemi&rft.creator=Jean-Jacques%2C+Blanc&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=Cardiac+resynchronisation+therapy+(CRT)+using+biventricular+(BIV)+pacing+has+proved+its+effectiveness+to+correct+myocardial+asynchrony+and+improve+clinical+status+of+patients+with+severe+congestive+heart+failure+(CHF)+and+widened+QRS.+Despite+a+different+effect+on+left+ventricular+electrical+dispersion%2C+left+univentricular+(LV)+pacing+is+able+to+achieve+the+same+mechanical+synchronisation+as+BIV+pacing+in+experimental+studies+and+in+humans.+This+results+in+clinical+benefits+of+LV+pacing+at+mid-term+follow-up%2C+with+significant+improvement+in+functional+class%2C+quality+of+life+and+exercise+tolerance+at+the+same+extent+as+those+observed+with+BIV+stimulation+in+non+randomised+studies.+Furthermore+these+benefits+are+obtained+at+lesser+costs+and+with+conventional+dual-chamber+devices.+However%2C+LV+pacing+has+to+be+compared+to+BIV+pacing+in+randomised+trials+before+being+definitely+considered+as+a+cost-effective+alternative+to+BIV+pacing.+%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.contributor=Ghosh%2C+Joydeep&rft.date=2006-01&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4686%2F1%2Fblanc.htm&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4686%2F2%2Fblanc.pdf&rft.identifier=++Etienne%2C+Yves+and+Marjaneh%2C+Fatemi+and+Jean-Jacques%2C+Blanc++(2006)+Left+Ventricular+Pacing+In+Patients+With+Congestive+Heart+Failure.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4686%2F