Reproducibility of tissue Doppler parameters of asynchrony in patients with advanced LV dysfunction

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-515

  Mandysová, Eva ^a   Mráz, Tomáǎ ^a   Táborský, Miloš ^a   Niederle, Petr ^a  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Myocardial velocity; Reproducibility of measurement; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE DILATATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 45849087585     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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