Optimization of cardiac resynchronization guided by Doppler echocardiography: Haemodynamic improvement and intraindividual variability with different pacing configurations and atrioventricular delays

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 881-886

  Stockburger, Martin ^a   Fateh Moghadam, Suzanne ^a   Nitardy, Aischa ^a   Langreck, Holger ^a   Haverkamp, Wilhelm ^a   Dietz, Rainer ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Optimization; Resynchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART PACING; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QRS COMPLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 33749654792     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul088     Document Type: Article

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