Correlation between electrocardiographic features and mechanical dyssynchrony in heart failure patients with left bundle branch block

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-48

  Neto, Nestor Rodrigues De Oliveira ^a   Fonseca, George Cobe ^a   Torres, Gustavo Gomes ^a   Pinheiro, Marcos Antonio ^a   Miranda, George Barreto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

dyssynchrony; electrocardiogram; left bundle branch block; resynchronization; tissue Doppler image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79251483825     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2010.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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