Should mechanical dyssynchrony be assessed in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-358

  Boogers, Mark J ^a,b   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77953325711     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-010-9222-6     Document Type: Editorial

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