Real-Time 3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony. Pitfalls in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 802-812

  Sonne, Carolin ^a   Sugeng, Lissa ^a   Takeuchi, Masaaki ^a,b   Weinert, Lynn ^a   Childers, Roderick ^a   Watanabe, Nozomi ^c   Yoshida, Kiyoshi ^c   Mor Avi, Victor ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 dimensional echocardiography; heart failure; left ventricular dyssynchrony

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DYSSYNCHRONY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650112193     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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