Presence of left ventricular contractile reserve, evaluated by means of dobutamine stress-echo test, is able to predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-126

  Tuccillo, Bernardino ^a   Muto, Carmine ^a,c   Iengo, Raffaele ^a   Accadia, Maria ^a   Rumolo, Salvatore ^a   Canciello, Micheleangelo ^a   Carreras, Giovanni ^a   Calvanese, Raimondo ^a   Celentano, Eduardo ^a   Davinelli, Mario ^b   Valsecchi, Sergio ^b   Ascione, Luigi ^a  

^a Santa Maria di Loreto Nuovo Hospital   (Italy)

^b Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

^c Loreto Mare Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Contractile reserve; Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Dyssynchrony

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 54349100479     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9255-9     Document Type: Article

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