Dyssynchrony, contractile function, and response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-440

  Knappe, Dorit ^a   Pouleur, Anne Catherine ^a   Shah, Amil M ^a   Cheng, Susan ^a   Uno, Hajime ^a   Hall, W Jackson ^c   Bourgoun, Mikhail ^a   Foster, Elyse ^b   Zareba, Wojciech ^c   Goldenberg, Ilan ^c   McNitt, Scott ^c   Pfeffer, Marc A ^a   Moss, Arthur J ^c   Solomon, Scott D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Outcomes; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CANADA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80052860279     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.111.962902     Document Type: Article

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