The role of speckle tracking strain imaging in cardiac pacing

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-323

  Tops, Laurens F ^a   Delgado, Victoria ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; LV mechanics; Strain; Ventricular dyssynchrony

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS;

EID: 61549129326     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00865.x     Document Type: Review

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