Left ventricular functional recovery during cardiac resynchronization therapy: Predictive role of asynchrony measured by strain rate analysis

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Capasso, Fabio ^a   Giunta, Anna ^b   Stabile, Giuseppe ^a   Turco, Pietro ^a   La Rocca, Vincenzo ^a   Grimaldi, Gabriella ^a   De Simone, Antonio ^a  

^a Laboratorio di Elettrofisiologia   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile di Marcianise (CE)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Tissue doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 12844256489     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00037.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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