Myocardial stretch in early systole is a key determinant of the synchrony of left ventricular mechanical activity in vivo

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2526-2534

  Caracciolo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Goliasch, Georg ^a,b   Amaki, Makoto ^a,b   Bansal, Manish ^c   Nakabo, Ayumi ^a,b   Abe, Haruhiko ^a,b   Scott, Luis ^a   Lipar, Luka ^a   Pedrizzetti, Gianni ^a,b,d   Narula, Jagat ^a,b   Sengupta, Partho P ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDANTA THE MEDICITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Left ventricular function

Indexed keywords

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL DYSSYNCHRONY; MUSCLE STRETCHING; R WAVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84884614917     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-1230     Document Type: Article

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