Velocity Vector Imaging to Quantify Ventricular Dyssynchrony and Predict Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 949-953

  Cannesson, Maxime ^a   Tanabe, Masaki ^a   Suffoletto, Matthew S ^a   Schwartzman, David ^a   Gorcsan III, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; B SCAN; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; VELOCITY VECTOR IMAGING;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33748753154     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.04.045     Document Type: Article

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