Selecting patients for cardiac resynchronization therapy: Electrical or mechanical dyssynchrony?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1270-1281

  Hawkins, Nathaniel M ^a   Petrie, Mark C ^b   MacDonald, Michael R ^b   Hogg, Kerry J ^a   McMurray, John J V ^c  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Dyssynchrony; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL DYSSYNCHRONY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL DYSSYNCHRONY; MECHANICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745683663     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi826     Document Type: Review

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