Mechanical Dyssynchrony in Children with Systolic Dysfunction Secondary to Cardiomyopathy: A Doppler Tissue and Vector Velocity Imaging Study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 756-763

  Friedberg, Mark K ^a   Silverman, Norman H ^a   Dubin, Anne M ^a   Rosenthal, David N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34249294865     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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