Echo determinants of dyssynchrony (atrioventricular and inter- and intraventricular) and predictors of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1020-1030

  Kapetanakis, Stamatis ^a   Bhan, Amit ^a   Monaghan, Mark J ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Dyskinesis; Left bundle branch block; Myocardial Performance Index (MPI); Three dimensional transthoracic echocardiography; Tissue and strain Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 53349102691     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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