Detection of the Cardiac Activation Sequence by Novel Echocardiographic Tissue Tracking Method

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 880-893

  Rappaport, Dan ^a   Konyukhov, Eugene ^a   Shulman, Lilia ^a   Friedman, Zvi ^a   Lysyansky, Peter ^a   Landesberg, Amir ^a   Adam, Dan ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activation sequence; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Strain imaging; Tissue tracking

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

ACTIVATION SEQUENCES; ASYNCHRONOUS CARDIAC ACTIVATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; STRAIN IMAGING; TISSUE TRACKING;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; MODELS, ANIMAL; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 34249330928     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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