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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Compared with RV pacing, the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (LHFQ) score improved by 2 and 10 % with LV and BiV pacing, respectively, the effort dyspnoea item of the Specific Symptom Scale (SSS) changed by 0 and 2 %, the Karolinska score by 6 and 14 % (P < 0. 05 for BiV), the New York Heart Association (NYHA) class by 5 and 11 % (P < 0. 05 for BiV), the 6-min walked distance by 12 (+4 %) and 4 m (+1 %), and the ejection fraction by 5 and 5 % (P < 0. 05 for both).