Selecting Patients for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. The Fallacy of Echocardiographic Dyssynchrony

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1944-1959

  Hawkins, Nathaniel M ^a   Petrie, Mark C ^b   Burgess, Malcolm I ^a   McMurray, John J V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; dyssynchrony; heart failure; tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; DYSSYNCHRONY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 65549125769     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.062     Document Type: Review

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