Improvement of left ventricular wall synchronization with multisite ventricular pacing in heart failure: A prospective study using Doppler tissue imaging

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-212

  Lafitte, Stephane ^a,c   Garrigue, Stephane ^b   Perron, Jean Marie ^a   Bordachar, Pierre ^b   Reuter, Sylvain ^b   Jaïs, Pierre ^b   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^b   Clementy, Jacques ^b   Roudaut, Raymond ^a  

^a Hop Cardiologique du Haut Leveque   (France)

^b Clin Electrophysiology Cardiac P   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Left ventricular pacing; Tissue Doppler imaging; Ventricular asynchrony

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1342302843     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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