Cardiac resynchronization improves coronary blood flow

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-47

  Yildirim, Aydin ^a,b   Soylu, Ozer ^a   Dagdeviren, Bahadir ^a   Ergelen, Mehmet ^a   Celik, Seden ^a   Zencirci, Ertugrul ^a   Tezel, Tuna ^a  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Cardiomyopathy; Congestive heart failure; Myocardial blood flow; Transthorasic coronary flow imaging

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33846085555     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.211.43     Document Type: Article

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