Experimental measures of ventricular activation and synchrony

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1560-1570

  Sutherland, David R ^a,b   Ni, Quan ^d   MacLeod, Rob S ^a,b,c   Lux, Robert L ^a   Punske, Bonnie B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal studies; CRT; Electrophysiology basic; Mapping; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; TOTAL VENTRICULAR ACTIVATION TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 56049117640     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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