Usefulness of quantitative gated single-photon emission computed tomography to evaluate ventricular synchrony in patients receiving biventricular pacing

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-130

  Tsurugaya, Hideki ^b   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Toyama, Takuji ^b   Naito, Shigeto ^b   Adachi, Hitoshi ^b   Seki, Ryo Taro ^b   Nogami, Akihiko ^b   Hoshizaki, Hiroshi ^b   Kurabayashi, Masahiko ^b   Oshima, Shigeru ^b   Taniguchi, Koichi ^b  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 3042511726     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.044     Document Type: Article

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