Echo/Doppler-derived time intervals are able to predict left ventricular reverse remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-163

  Porciani, Cristina M ^a   Lilli, Alessio ^a   Cappelli, Francesco ^a   Pappone, Alessia ^a   Perini, Alessandro Paoletti ^a   Pieragnoli, Paolo ^a   Ricciardi, Giuseppe ^a   Rao, Carmelo M ^a   Prinzen, Frits W ^b   Michelucci, Antonio ^a   Padeletti, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Isovolumic time; Reverse remodeling

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIURETIC THERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE REVERSE REMODELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RR INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 76449088821     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328332e938     Document Type: Article

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