Left bundle branch block disturbs left anterior descending coronary artery flow: Study using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1093-1098

  Youn, Ho Joong ^a,b   Park, Chul Soo ^a   Cho, Eun Joo ^a   Jung, Hae Ok ^a   Jeon, Hui Kyung ^a   Lee, Jong Min ^a   Oh, Yong Seog ^a   Chung, Wook Sung ^a   Kim, Jae Hyung ^a   Choi, Kyu Bo ^a   Hong, Soon Jo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 26244437739     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.03.042     Document Type: Article

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