Echocardiographic evaluation to select patients for cardiac resynchronization therapy;Echokardiographische methoden zur selektion für die kardiale resynchronisationstherapie: Sind tissue Doppler, strain- und strainrate-imaging und 3D-echokardiographie die ultimativen methoden?

Herzschrittmachertherapie und Elektrophysiologie

Volumn 17, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Borges, A C ^a   Knebel, F ^b   Eddicks, S ^b   Bondke, H J ^b   Baumann, G ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Patient selection; Resynchronization therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; SURVIVAL;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645677002     PISSN: 09387412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00399-006-1110-z     Document Type: Article

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