Right atrial size and deformation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1169-1177

  D'Andrea, Antonello ^a   Scarafile, Raffaella ^a   Riegler, Lucia ^a   Salerno, Gemma ^a   Gravino, Rita ^a   Cocchia, Rosangela ^a   Castaldo, Francesca ^a   Allocca, Filomena ^a   Limongelli, Giuseppe ^a   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Cuomo, Sergio ^a   Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a   Caso, Pio ^b   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Calabr, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Right atrial size; Right atrium; Two dimensional strain imaging

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 72949123462     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp158     Document Type: Article

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