Echocardiographic algorithm for cardiac resynchronization

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1040-1046

  Lafitte, Stéphane ^a,b   Reant, Patricia ^a   Serri, Karim ^a   Roudaut, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Resynchronization

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ALGORITHM; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATIENT SELECTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 53349152434     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00788.x     Document Type: Review

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