When is an optimization not an optimization? Evaluation of clinical implications of information content (signal-to-noise ratio) in optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy, and how to measure and maximize it

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-290

  Pabari, Punam A ^a   Willson, Keith ^a   Stegemann, Berthold ^b   Van Geldorp, Irene E ^c   Kyriacou, Andreas ^a   Moraldo, Michela ^a   Mayet, Jamil ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^a   Francis, Darrel P ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacemaker; Blood pressure; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Echocardiography; Optimization; Velocity time integral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR DELAY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTRICULAR DELAY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE REDUCTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051707128     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-010-9203-5     Document Type: Article

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