Association of intraventricular mechanical dyssynchrony with response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients with a narrow QRS complex

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3054-3062

  Van Bommel, Rutger J ^a   Tanaka, Hidekazu ^b   Delgado, Victoria ^a   Bertini, Matteo ^a   Borleffs, Carel Jan Willem ^a   Ajmone Marsan, Nina ^a   Holzmeister, Johannes ^c   Ruschitzka, Frank ^c   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Gorcsan III, John ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Echocardiography; Narrow QRS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; INTRAVENTRICULAR MECHANICAL DYSSYNCHRONY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 78650387372     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq334     Document Type: Article

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