Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular contractility by pacemaker stress echocardiography

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-181

  Bombardini, Tonino ^a   Agrusta, Marco ^b   Natsvlishvili, Nino ^a   Solimene, Francesco ^b   Pap, Robert ^c   Coltorti, Fernando ^b   Varga, Albert ^c   Mottola, Gaetano ^b   Picano, Eugenio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Casa Cura Convenzionata Montevergine ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bowditch treppe; Force frequency relationship; Heart failure; Pacemaker stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 13444263683     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.04.019     Document Type: Article

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