Integrating functional and anatomical information to guide cardiac resynchronization therapy

Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Philips Research North America, Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Site, Boston, MA, USA; Philips Medical Systems, Medisys Group, Paris, France; Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Lariboisière, APHP, Université Paris 7 – Denis Diderot, Unité INSERM U942, 2 Rue Ambroise Paré, 75010 Paris, France; and Formerly with Philips Medical Systems, Medisys Group, Paris, France

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