Mechanism of prolonged electromechanical delay in late activated myocardium during left bundle branch block

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2334-2343

  Russell, Kristoffer ^a,d   Smiseth, Otto A ^a   Gjesdal, Ola ^a   Qvigstad, Eirik ^b   Norseng, Per Andreas ^c   Sjaastad, Ivar ^c   Opdahl, Anders ^a   Skulstad, Helge ^a   Edvardsen, Thor ^a   Remme, Espen W ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Echocardiography; Electromechanical delay; Heart failure; Left bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY; REGIONAL ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION;

AGED; ANIMALS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 82855181171     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00644.2011     Document Type: Article

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