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Pacing in Heart Failure Patients With Narrow QRS. Is There More to Gain Than Resynchronization?

Otto A. Smiseth MD, PhD^*, Kristoffer Russell MD, and Espen W. Remme MSc, DrIng

From the Department of Cardiology (O.A.S., E.W.R.) and Institute for Surgical Research (O.A.S., K.R., E.W.R.), Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: otto.smiseth{at}rikshospitalet.no.

Key words: Editorials • cardiac pacing, artificial • heart failure • pacing • pericardium

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