Tissue doppler derived mechanical dyssynchrony does not change after cardiac resynchronization therapy

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 961-967

  Perry, Rebecca ^a   De Pasquale, Carmine G ^a   Chew, Derek P ^a   McGavigan, Andrew D ^a   Joseph, Majo X ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cardiac pacing; congestive heart failure; tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY VEIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MECHANICAL HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80053589125     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01498.x     Document Type: Article

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