European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on May 4, 2005
European Heart Journal 2005 26(14):1448; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi318
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Enhancement of perfusion reserve by cardiac resynchronization therapy: reply
Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Radiopharmacy, and Nuclear Medicine
Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia
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Department of Cardiology
Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia
Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Institute of Molecular Biophysics, and Radiopharmacy, and Nuclear Medicine
Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia
Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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The letter from Dr Knaapen and co-workers raised an interesting and critical point about our conclusion that further studies have to clarify whether long-term cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is able to improve