Loss of Opposite Left Ventricular Basal and Apical Rotation Predicts Acute Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and is Associated With Long-Term Reversed Remodeling

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 717-725

  Rüssel, Iris K ^a,b   Götte, Marco J W ^b   de Roest, Gerben J ^b   Marcus, J Tim ^a   Tecelão, Sandra R ^c   Allaart, Cornelis P ^b   de Cock, Carel C ^b   Heethaar, Robert M ^a   van Rossum, Albert C ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; LV torsion; MRI tagging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 70349306334     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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