Profiling cardiac resynchronization therapy patients: Responders, non-responders and those who cannot respond-The good, the bad and the ugly?

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-57

  Zacà, Valerio ^a   Mondillo, Sergio ^b   Gaddi, Rosaria ^a   Favilli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Imaging modalities; Response

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GATED SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79951850945     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9651-y     Document Type: Review

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