Impact of left bundle branch block and activation pattern on the heart

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 843-857

  El Menyar, Ayman A ^a   Abdou, Sayed M ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b HMC   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Left bundle branch block; Myocardial function; Paced QRS; Prolonged QRS; Resynchronization

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART PERFUSION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 48249102279     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.6.6.843     Document Type: Review

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