Utility of QRS width and echocardiography parameters in an integrative algorithm for selecting heart failure patients with cardiac dyssynchrony

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-220

  Jurcut, Ruxandra ^a   Pop, Ioana ^a   Calin, Cosmin ^a   Coman, Ioan Mircea ^a   Ciudin, Radu ^a   Ginghina, Carmen ^a  

^a Prof Dr C C Iliescu Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases   (Romania)

Author keywords

Dyssynchrony; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Heart failure; QRS width

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC DYSSYNCHRONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; QRS COMPLEX; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62749090631     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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