Usefulness of echocardiographic tissue synchronization imaging to predict acute response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1178-1181

  Gorcsan III, John ^a   Kanzaki, Hideaki ^a   Bazaz, Raveen ^a   Dohi, Kaoru ^a   Schwartzman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; VELOCITY;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1942467990     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.054     Document Type: Article

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