Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 972-977 , July 2009

Echocardiographic study of the optimal atrioventricular delay at rest and during exercise in recipients of cardiac resynchronization therapy systems

  • Bilel Mokrani, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
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  • Stephane Lafitte, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
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  • Antoine Deplagne, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
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  • Sylvain Ploux, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
    • ,
  • Julien Laborderie, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
    • ,
  • Patricia Reant, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
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  • Pierre Dos Santos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
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  • Raymond Roudaut, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
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  • Pierre Jais, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
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  • Michel Haissaguerre, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
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  • Jacques Clementy, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
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  • Pierre Bordachar, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Victor Segalen, 33000 Bordeaux, France
    • Hospital Haut Leveque, Pessac, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Pierre Bordachar, Hospital Haut Leveque, Service Professor Clementy, Pessac 33604, France

Received 30 October 2008 ,Accepted 12 March 2009.

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PII: S1547-5271(09)00314-2

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.03.023

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 972-977 , July 2009

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