Potential uses of computed tomography for management of heart failure patients with dyssynchrony

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-190

  Truong, Quynh A ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Singh, Jagmeet P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Computed tomography; Coronary veins; Dyssynchrony; Heart failure; Left ventricular lead placement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART PACING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149123969     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e318178eaa5     Document Type: Article

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