Subclinical left ventricular dysfunction revealed by circumferential 2D strain imaging in patients with coronary artery disease and fragmented QRS complex

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 928-935

  Yan, Guo Hui ^a,b   Wang, Mei ^a,c   Yiu, Kai Hang ^a,c   Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Zhi, Guang ^d   Lee, Stephen W L ^a   Siu, Chung Wah ^a,c   Tse, Hung Fat ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Fragmented QRS; Strain; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGMENTED QRS COMPLEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CHINA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84862777690     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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