Nonechocardiographic imaging in evaluation for cardiac resynchronization therapy

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-343

  AlJaroudi, Wael ^a,d   Chen, Ji ^b   Jaber, Wael A ^a   Lloyd, Steven G ^c   Cerqueira, Manuel D ^a   Marwick, Thomas ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Ventricular function left

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY VEIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80051714546     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.963504     Document Type: Article

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