Opposing Wall Mechanics Are Significantly Influenced by Longitudinal Cardiac Rotation in the Assessment of Ventricular Dyssynchrony

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-386

  Phillips, Karen P ^a   Popović, Zoran B ^a   Lim, Pascal ^a   Meulet, John E ^a   Barrett, Conor D ^a   Biase, Luigi Di ^a   Agler, Deborah ^a   Thomas, James D ^a   Grimm, Richard A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

biventricular pacing; dyssynchrony; echocardiography; myocardial tissue velocities; ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 64149127229     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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