Interventricular delay optimization: A comparison among three different echocardiographic methods

Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-43

  Bertini, Matteo ^a   Valzania, Cinzia ^a   Biffi, Mauro ^a   Martignani, Cristian ^a   Ziacchi, Matteo ^a   Pedri, Stefano ^b   Domenichini, Giulia ^a   Diemberger, Igor ^a   Saporito, Davide ^a   Rocchi, Guido ^a   Rapezzi, Claudio ^a   Branzi, Angelo ^a   Boriani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Esaote   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Strain method; Velocity method; VTI method; VV interval optimization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EXCITATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART PACING; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTRICULAR DELAY OPTIMIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN METHOD; VELOCITY METHOD; VELOCITY TIME INTEGRAL METHOD;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 76449103967     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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