Cardiac resynchronization therapy can reverse abnormal myocardial strain distribution in patients with heart failure and left bundle branch block

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 486-494

  Breithardt, Ole A ^a,b   Stellbrink, Christoph ^a   Herbots, Lieven ^b   Claus, Piet ^b   Sinha, Anil M ^a   Bijnens, Bart ^b   Hanrath, Peter ^a   Sutherland, George R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC SYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; THERAPY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0042628164     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00709-5     Document Type: Article

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