Quantification of left ventricular asynchrony throughout the whole cardiac cycle with a computed algorithm: Application for optimizing resynchronization therapy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1130-1136

  Silva, E ^a,b   Sitges, M ^a,b   Mont, L ^a,b   Delgado, V ^a,b   Tamborero, D ^a,b   Vidal, B ^a,b   Godoy, M ^a,b   Poyatos, S ^a,b   Pare, C ^a,b   Azqueta, M ^a,b   Brugada, J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dyssynchrony; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Resynchronization; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASYNCHRONY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70350514445     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01507.x     Document Type: Article

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