Novel Method for Displaying Left Ventricular Function and Dyssynchrony Using Tissue Doppler Imaging: Evaluation of Its Applicability in Dilated Cardiomyopathy With Wide and Narrow QRS Complexes

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1236-1243

  Ito, Takahide ^a   Kawanishi, Yasunori ^a   Tsukada, Bin ^a   Futai, Rie ^a   Terasaki, Fumio ^a   Kanzaki, Yumiko ^a   Suwa, Michihiro ^b   Kitaura, Yasushi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Hokusetsu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Doppler tissue imaging; Dyssynchrony

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; QRS COMPLEX;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 55049091591     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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