Dyssynchrony measurements to predict functional recovery after CRT: Too good to be true?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1075-1077

  Marwick, Thomas H ^a   Narula, Jagat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867376017     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.08.006     Document Type: Editorial

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