Imaging techniques in cardiac resynchronization therapy

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-105

  Sá, Maria Isabel ^a   de Roos, Albert ^a   Westenberg, Jos J M ^a   Kroft, Lucia J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Resynchronization

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; QRS COMPLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 37249046002     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9229-5     Document Type: Review

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