Echocardiography in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Identification of Suitable Patients, Follow-Up and Therapy Optimization;Einsatz der Echokardiographie in der Kardialen Resynchronisationstherapie: Identifizierung Geeigneter Patienten, Nachsorge und Therapieoptimierung

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Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 615-627

  Breithardt, Ole Alexander ^a   Martin Sinha, Anil ^b   Franke, Andreas ^b   Hanrath, Peter ^b   Stellbrink, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy; Echocardiography; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFORMATION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC VOLUME; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0344825782     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-003-2487-7     Document Type: Review

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