Regional left ventricle mechanical asynchrony in patients with heart disease and normal QRS duration: Implication for biventricular pacing therapy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 562-570

  Yu, Cheuk Man ^b   Yang, Hua ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Wang, Qiong ^a   Wang, Shelley ^a   Lam, Linda ^a   Sanderson, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Heart disease; Mechanical delay; Pacing; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QRS COMPLEX;

EID: 12444335963     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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