Atlas-Based Quantification of Myocardial Motion Abnormalities: Added-Value for Understanding the Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2186-2197

  Duchateau, Nicolas ^a   Doltra, Adelina ^b   Silva, Etelvino ^b   De Craene, Mathieu ^a   Piella, Gemma ^a   Castel, Maria ángeles ^b   Mont, Lluís ^b   Brugada, Josep ^b   Frangi, Alejandro F ^a,c   Sitges, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; LV dyssynchrony; Motion atlas; Quantitative analysis; Speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL VALUE; DYSSYNCHRONY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; END-SYSTOLIC VOLUMES; LEFT VENTRICLES; MOTION ATLAS; MYOCARDIAL MOTION; P-VALUES; SPECKLE TRACKING; STATISTICAL DISTANCE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84870296987     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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