Left bundle-branch block: The relationship between electrocardiogram electrical activation and echocardiography mechanical contraction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 340-348

  Risum, Niels ^a   Strauss, David ^b   Sogaard, Peter ^c   Loring, Zak ^b,d   Hansen, Thomas Fritz ^a   Bruun, Niels Eske ^a   Wagner, Galen ^d   Kisslo, Joseph ^d  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84880918682     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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