End-Diastolic Wall Thickness as a Predictor of Reverse Remodelling After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1055-1061

  Ascione, Luigi ^a   Muto, Carmine ^a   Iengo, Raffaele ^a   Celentano, Eduardo ^a   Accadia, Maria ^a   Rumolo, Salvatore ^a   D'Andrea, Antonello ^a,b   Carreras, Giovanni ^a   Canciello, Michelangelo ^a   Tuccillo, Bernardino ^a  

^a S Maria di Loreto Hospital   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; End diastolic wall thickness; Reverse remodeling

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QRS COMPLEX; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 50249094397     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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