Sequential versus simultaneous biventricular resynchronization for severe heart failure: Evaluation by tissue Doppler imaging

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2078-2084

  Sogaard, Peter ^a   Egeblad, Henrik ^a   Pedersen, Anders K ^a   Kim, Won Yong ^a   Kristensen, Bent Ø ^a   Hansen, Peter S ^a   Mortensen, Peter T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Imaging; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0037108714     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000034512.90874.8E     Document Type: Article

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