Measurements of mechanical asynchrony in patients with heart failure: Is the puzzle completed?

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 657-667

  Fratini, Simona ^a,c   Romano, Silvio ^a   Auricchio, Angelo ^b   Penco, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Edificio Delta 6   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Doppler myocardial imaging; Heart failure; Mechanical asynchrony

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 34548020026     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328010397e     Document Type: Review

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