Echocardiographic assessment of ventricular synchrony in congenital and acquired heart disease in children

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 460-471

  Friedberg, Mark K ^a   Mertens, Luc ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; congenital heart disease; tissue and strain Doppler echocardiography; wall motion

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DYSSYNCHRONY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INTERVENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84875797491     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12110     Document Type: Review

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