Do we have reasons to be enthusiastic about pacing to treat advanced heart failure?

Development and Prospective Validation of a Clinical Index to Predict Survival in Ambulatory Patients Referred for Cardiac Transplant Evaluation

1997 • 1,188 citations

Improved Left Ventricular Mechanics From Acute VDD Pacing in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Ventricular Conduction Delay

1999 • 989 citations

Evaluation of Different Ventricular Pacing Sites in Patients With Severe Heart Failure

1997 • 656 citations

Acute hemodynamic effects of biventricular DDD pacing in patients with end-stage heart failure

1998 • 539 citations

Clinical determinants of mortality in chronic congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated or to ischemic cardiomyopathy

1987 • 465 citations

Multisite Pacing for End‐Stage Heart Failure: Early Experience

1996 • 446 citations

Mechanism of hemodynamic improvement by dual-chamber pacing for severe left ventricular dysfunction: An acute Doppler and catheterization hemodynamic study

1995 • 404 citations

Effects of dual-chamber pacing with short atrioventricular delay in dilated cardiomyopathy

1992 • 381 citations

Permanent Left Ventricular Pacing With Transvenous Leads Inserted Into The Coronary Veins

1998 • 347 citations

Usefulness of physiologic dual-chamber pacing in drug-resistant idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

1990 • 341 citations

The pacing therapies for congestive heart failure (PATH-CHF) study: rationale, design, and endpoints of a prospective randomized multicenter study11For a complete list of institutions and individuals participating in the PATH-CHF Study Group, see the Appendix.

1999 • 285 citations

Dual-chamber pacing with a short atrioventricular delay in congestive heart failure: A randomized study

1995 • 259 citations

Results of atrioventricular synchronous pacing with optimized delay in patients with severe congestive heart failure

1995 • 238 citations

Effects of abnormal activation on the time course of the left ventricular pressure pulse in dilated cardiomyopathy

1992 • 236 citations

Risk stratification in chronic heart failure

1998 • 231 citations

Acute hemodynamic effects of atrio-biventricular pacing in humans

1995 • 217 citations

Transvenous biventricular pacing for heart failure: can the obstacles be overcome?

1999 • 197 citations

Serial electrocardiographic changes in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy confirmed at necropsy

1988 • 195 citations

Endocardial Biventricular Pacing

1998 • 117 citations

First- or second-degree atrioventricular block as a risk factor in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

1993 • 117 citations

Nature of ventricular activation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: evidence for bilateral bundle branch block.

1994 • 112 citations

Prognostic value of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram and a prolonged QRS in ischemic ana nonischemic cardiomyopathy

1995 • 101 citations