Predicting Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy with Cross-Correlation Analysis of Myocardial Systolic Acceleration: A New Approach to Echocardiographic Dyssynchrony Evaluation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 657-664

  Olsen, Niels Thue ^a   Mogelvang, Rasmus ^a   Jons, Christian ^a   Fritz Hansen, Thomas ^a   Sogaard, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Intraventricular dyssynchrony; Myocardial acceleration; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 66549088822     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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