Cardiac resynchronization therapy decreases the mitral coaptation point displacement in heart failure patients

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 198-205

  Karagiannis, Stefanos E ^a   Maounis, Themistoklis ^a   Athanassopoulos, George D ^a   Karatasakis, George T ^a   Hatzigeorgiou, George H ^a   Papadopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Leontiadis, Evaggelos ^a   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Echocardiography; Left ventricular function; Mitral leaflet coaptation point

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 35448929824     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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