Assessment of ventricular dyssynchrony: Global or regional function?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2380-2381

  Sanderson, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE DYSSYNCHRONY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TOTAL ISOVOLUMIC TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33749477581     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl247     Document Type: Editorial

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