Echocardiographic prediction of outcome after cardiac resynchronization therapy: Conventional methods and recent developments

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-250

  Leenders, Geert E ^a   Cramer, Maarten J ^a   Bogaard, Margot D ^a   Meine, Mathias ^a   Doevendans, Pieter A ^a   Boeck, Bart W De ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Mechanical dyssynchrony

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051750545     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-010-9200-8     Document Type: Review

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