Imaging of myocardial dyssynchrony in congestive heart failure

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-303

  Rosen, Boaz D ^a,b   Lardo, Albert C ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biventricular (BiV) pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT); Conduction abnormalities; Congestive heart failure; Myocardial dyssnchrony; Strain; Strain rate; Tissue doppler imaging (TDI)

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33751503240     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-006-0230-1     Document Type: Article

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