Evaluation of global left ventricular function and mechanical dyssynchrony in patients with an asymptomatic left bundle branch block: A real-time 3D echocardiography study

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

  Van Dijk, Jeroen ^a,b   Dijkmans, Pieter A ^a   Götte, Marco J W ^a   Spreeuwenberg, Marieke D ^a   Visser, Cees A ^a,b   Kamp, Otto ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

3D echocardiography; Healthy volunteers; Heart failure; Left bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 43449093737     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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