Tissue Doppler predicts long-term clinical outcome after cardiac resynchronization therapy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

  Penicka, Martin ^a,b   Vanderheyden, Marc ^b   Geelen, Peter ^b   Mortier, Linda ^b   Goethals, Marc ^b   Verstreken, Sofie ^b   Karasek, Jiri ^a   De Bruyne, Bernard ^b   Bartunek, Jozef ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart failure; Pacing; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149065140     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.12.035     Document Type: Article

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