Triplane tissue Doppler imaging to evaluate mechanical dyssynchrony before and after cardiac resynchronization in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-225

  Van De Veire, Nico R ^a,b   Blom, Nico A ^a   Holman, Eduard R ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries; Dyssynchrony; Heart failure; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 33846344300     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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