Utility of echocardiographic tissue synchronization imaging to redirect left ventricular lead placement for improved cardiac resynchronization therapy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 461-465

  Dohi, Kaoru ^a   Suffoletto, Matthew ^a   Ganz, Leonard ^a   Zenati, Marco ^a   Gorcsan III, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY VEIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 18844364444     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.40056.x     Document Type: Article

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