Visual assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony using tissue synchronization imaging

Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-99

  Biner, Simon ^a,b   Rafique, Asim M ^a   Wolak, Arik ^a,c   Tolstrup, Kirsten ^a   Siegel, Robert J ^a,d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Left ventricular reverse remodeling; Tissue Doppler imaging; Tissue synchronization imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DYSSYNCHRONY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TISSUE SYNCHRONIZATION IMAGING;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 65449173963     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000217742     Document Type: Article

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