Electrocardiographic imaging of patients with heart failure with left bundle branch block and response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Varma, Niraj ^a,b   Jia, Ping ^a   Rudy, Yoram ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

CRT; Electrocardiographic imaging; Heart failure; LBBB; LV activation mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAVEFORM;

AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748936135     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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