Echocardiographic measures of acute haemodynamic response after cardiac resynchronization therapy predict long-term clinical outcome

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1143-1148

  Tournoux, Francois B ^a   Alabiad, Chrisfouad ^a   Fan, Dali ^a   Chen, Annabel A ^a   Chaput, Miguel ^a   Heist, Edwin Kevin ^a   Mela, Theofanie ^a   Mansour, Moussa ^a   Reddy, Vivek ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Picard, Michael H ^a   Singh, Jagmeet P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Doppler; dP dt; Heart failure; Long term outcome; Resynchronization

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34547779970     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm050     Document Type: Article

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