Myocardial contractile reserve predicts improvement in left ventricular function after cardiac resynchronization therapy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1160-1165

  Ypenburg, Claudia ^a   Sieders, Allard ^a   Bleeker, Gabe B ^a   Holman, Eduard R ^a   van der Wall, Ernst E ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 36448943591     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.07.035     Document Type: Article

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