Tissue Doppler-derived postsystolic motion in a patient with left bundle branch block: A sign of myocardial wall asynchrony

Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-81

  Galderisi, Maurizio ^a   Cicala, Silvana ^b   Sangiorgi, Giuseppe ^c   Caso, Pio ^d   De Divitiis, Oreste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c Servizio di Emodinamica   (Italy)

^d Divisione di Cardiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; THORAX PAIN;

ARTIFACTS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0036122879     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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