The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 7 , Pages 746-752 , July 2008

Survival and Quality of Life in Patients With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Severe Heart Failure and in Heart Transplant Recipients Within a Contemporary Heart Failure Management Program

  • Michael Becker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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  • Nora Erdmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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  • Emilia Stegemann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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  • Dirk Benke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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  • Patrick N. Schauerte, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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  • Wolfgang M. Schaefer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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  • Ruediger Autschbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
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  • Malte Kelm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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  • Karl-Christian Koch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Karl-Christian Koch, MD, Department of Cardiology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany. Telephone: +49-241-80-80605. Fax: +49-241-80-82303.

Received 24 August 2007 ,Revised 5 January 2008 ,Accepted 27 March 2008.

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PII: S1053-2498(08)00286-6

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.03.024

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 7 , Pages 746-752 , July 2008