Tissue doppler imaging dyssynchrony parameter derived from the myocardial active wall motion improves prediction of responders for cardiac resynchronization therapy

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 689-697

  Sakamaki, Fumiko ^a   Seo, Yoshihiro ^b   Ishizu, Tomoko ^b   Yanaka, Satomi ^a   Atsumi, Akiko ^b   Yamamoto, Masayoshi ^b   Machino Ohtsuka, Tomoko ^b   Kawamura, Ryo ^b   Yamasaki, Hiro ^b   Igarashi, Miyako ^b   Yoshida, Kentaro ^b   Sekiguchi, Yukio ^b   Tada, Hiroshi ^b   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Dyssynchrony; Speckle tracking imaging; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSSYNCHRONY PARAMETER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QRS COMPLEX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPECKLE TRACKING IMAGING; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84857617903     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-0774     Document Type: Article

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