Prevalence of dyssynchrony derived from echocardiographic criteria in heart failure patients with normal or prolonged QRS duration

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 348-352

  Niu, Hongxia ^a   Hua, Wei ^a   Zhang, Shu ^a   Sun, Xin ^a   Wang, Fangzheng ^a   Chen, Keping ^a   Chen, Xin ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Dyssynchrony; Heart failure; QRS duration; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INTERVENTRICLE DYSSYNCHRONY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 33947362000     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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