Combined assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony and contractility by speckled tracking strain imaging: A novel index for predicting responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 655-661

  Inden, Yasuya ^a   Ito, Rieko ^a   Yoshida, Naoki ^a   Kamiya, Hiromi ^a   Kitamura, Kazuhisa ^a   Kitamura, Tomoya ^a   Shimano, Masayuki ^a   Uchikawa, Tomohiro ^a   Tsuji, Yukiomi ^a   Shibata, Rei ^a   Hirai, Makoto ^a   Murohara, Toyoaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Dyssynchrony; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Myocardial contractility; Pacemaker; Responder

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DYSSYNCHRONY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART PACING; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79251579227     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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