Tissue Doppler Echocardiography for Evaluation of Patients with Ventricular Resynchronization Therapy;Ecocardiografia com Doppler Tecidular para Avaliação de Doentes com Terapêutica de Ressincronização Ventricular

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1363-1371

  Ferreira Santos, José ^a   Caetano, Filomena ^a   Parreira, Leonor ^a   Madeira, Joao ^a   Cardoso, Paula ^a   Fonseca, Nuno ^a   Segurado, Filomena ^a   Neves Soares, Luís ^a   Ines, Lopes ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO BERNARDO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Tissue doppler

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; E WAVE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; S WAVE; TISSUE DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0346101598     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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