Newer Echocardiographic Techniques for the Assessment of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 91-131

  Yu, Cheuk Man ^a,b   Zhang, Qing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Displacement imaging and tissue tracking; Indices of mechanical dyssynchrony by TDI; Real time three dimensional echocardiography; Strain imaging; Strain rate imaging; Tissue doppler imaging; Tissue synchronization imaging; Two dimensional speckle tracing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889430551     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444300246.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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