Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2101 East Jefferson Street

Rockville, MD 20852

http://www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0023

Prepared by:

University of Alberta Evidence-based Practice Center

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Investigators

Finlay McAlister, M.D., M.Sc.

Justin Ezekowitz, M.D.

Natasha Wiebe, M.Math

Brian Rowe, M.D., M.Sc.

Carol Spooner, M.Sc

Ellen Crumley, M.L.I.S.

Lisa Hartling, M.Sc.

Padma Kaul, Ph.D.

Graham Nichol, M.D.

Dr. Terry Klassen, M.D., M.Sc.

AHRQ Publication No. 05-E001-2

November 2004

ISBN: 1-58763-169-5

ISSN: 1530-4396

This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission except those copyrighted materials noted for which further reproduction is prohibited without the specific permission of copyright holders.

Suggested Citation:

McAlister F, Ezekowitz J, Wiebe N, Rowe B, Spooner C, Crumley E, Hartling L, Kaul P, Nichol G, Klassen T. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 106. (Prepared by the University of Alberta Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0023.) AHRQ Publication No. 05-E001-2. Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. November 2004.

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