Baseline asynchrony, assessed circumferentially using temporal uniformity of strain, besides coincidence between site of latest mechanical activation and presumed left ventricular lead position, predicts favourable prognosis after resynchronization therapy

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1011-1021

  Cavallino, Chiara ^a   Rondano, Elisa ^a   Magnani, Andrea ^a   Leva, Lucia ^a   Inglese, Eugenio ^a   Dell'Era, Gabriele ^a   Occhetta, Eraldo ^a   Bortnik, Miriam ^a   Marino, Paolo N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fourier analysis; Resynchronization therapy; Speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CONGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84865470811     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9908-0     Document Type: Article

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