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In recent years cardiac resynchronization by biventricular pacing (Bi-Ve) has been proposed as an adjunctive therapy for patients with chronic heart failure and conduction delays [1, 2]. Clinical studies concluded that the new tool improves symptoms and exercise capacity. Furthermore, acute hemodynamic investigations [3,4] demostrated that it increases the cardiac index and lowers the wedge pressure, with an overall improvement of left ventricular function.
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De Piccoli, B., Zanella, C., Valentina, P.D. (2002). Is Echocardiography Useful for Selecting Patients with Heart Failure as Candidates for Ventricular Resynchronization Therapy?. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 2001. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2103-7_18
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