Right ventricular dimensions and function in isolated left bundle branch block: Is there evidence of biventricular involvement?

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 457-464

  Van Dijk, Jeroen ^a,b   Knaapen, Paul ^a   Bekkering, Irma ^a   Götte, Marco J W ^a   Kamp, Otto ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Left bundle branch block; Left ventricular function; Right ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLE; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 43049085893     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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