Usefulness of Echocardiographic Dyssynchrony in Patients With Borderline QRS Duration to Assist With Selection for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-140

  Oyenuga, Olusegun ^a   Hara, Hideyuki ^a   Tanaka, Hidekazu ^a   Kim, Han Na ^a   Adelstein, Evan C ^a   Saba, Samir ^a   Gorcsan III, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; echocardiography; heart failure; pacing therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSSYNCHRONY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 75949130412     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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