Area of left ventricular regional conduction delay and preserved myocardium predict responses to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 690-695

  Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Lee, Kathy L F ^a   Wan, Siu Hong ^b   Yu, Yinghong ^c   Hoersch, Walter ^c   Pastore, Joseph ^c   Zhu, Qingsheng ^c   Kenknight, Bruce ^c   Spinelli, Julio ^c   Lau, Chu Pak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromechanical properties; Heart failure; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ENDOCARDIAL ACTIVATION TIME; EQUIPMENT; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22244434499     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2005.40568.x     Document Type: Article

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