Effect of left ventricular lead concordance to the delayed contraction segment on echocardiographic and clinical outcomes after cardiac resynchronization therapy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 530-535

  Fung, Jeffrey W H ^a   Lam, Yat Yin ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Yip, Gabriel W K ^a   Chan, Winnie W L ^a   Chan, Gary C P ^a   Chan, Joseph Y S ^a   Yu, Cheuk Man ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Cardiomyopathy; Dyssynchrony; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Ventricular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65349122994     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01364.x     Document Type: Article

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