Evaluating strict and conventional left bundle branch block criteria using electrocardiographic simulations

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1816-1821

  Galeotti, Loriano ^a   Van Dam, Peter M ^b   Loring, Zak ^a,c   Chan, Dulciana ^a   Strauss, David G ^a  

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

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Electrocardiography; Left bundle branch block; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; SIMULATIONS;

ADULT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84890495849     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut132     Document Type: Article

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