Can real-time three-dimensional echocardiography be used reliably for the assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony?

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 102, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 469-472

  Agarwal, Richa ^a   Beshai, John F ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Dyssynchrony; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PACING; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 73349117852     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: 18752128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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