Comparison of echocardiographic dyssynchrony assessment by tissue velocity and strain imaging in subjects with or without systolic dysfunction and with or without left bundle-branch block

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2617-2625

  Miyazaki, Chinami ^a   Powell, Brian D ^a   Bruce, Charles J ^a   Espinosa, Raul E ^a   Redfield, Margaret M ^a   Miller, Fletcher A ^a   Hayes, David L ^a   Cha, Yong Mei ^a   Oh, Jae K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Conduction; Dyssynchrony; Echocardiography; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; STANDARD; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 47649122907     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.733675     Document Type: Article

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