The Role of Echocardiography in the Assessment of Mechanical Dyssynchrony and Its Importance in Predicting Response to Prognosis After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-99

  Zamorano, José ^a   Pérez de Isla, Leopoldo ^a   Roque, Carla ^a   Khanhderia, Bijoy ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STRAIN AND STRAIN RATE IMAGING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33846073588     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.07.004     Document Type: Review

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