Mechanism of decrease in mitral regurgitation after cardiac resynchronization therapy: Optimization of the force-balance relationship

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 444-450

  Hung, Judy ^a   Solis, Jorge ^a   McCarty, David ^a   Levine, Robert A ^a   Handschumacher, Mark D ^a   Fernandez Friera, Leticia ^a   Chen Tournoux, Annabel ^a   Mont, Luis ^a,b   Vidal, Barbara ^a,b   Singh, Jagmeet P ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a,b   Picard, Michael H ^a   Sitges, Marta ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

3D echocardiography; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Functional mitral regurgitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 73449107783     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.108.823732     Document Type: Article

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