Tissue Doppler imaging and strain Doppler imaging as modalities for predicting clinical improvement in patients receiving biventricular pacing

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 194-200

  Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Toide, Hiroyuki ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Kurosaki, Kenji ^a   Ito, Sachiko ^a   Miyaji, Kohei ^a   Yamada, Minoru ^a   Okaniwa, Hiroki ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Maruyama, Hiroko ^a   Higuchi, Rumi ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^b   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Dyssynchrony, Heart failure; Myocardial strain; Tissue doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; QRS COMPLEX; STRAIN DOPPLER IMAGING; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 20044362898     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.194     Document Type: Article

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