Right ventricular apical pacing-induced left ventricular dyssynchrony is associated with a subsequent decline in ejection fraction

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 602-608

  Ahmed, Mohamed ^a   Gorcsan III, John ^a   Marek, Josef ^a   Ryo, Keiko ^a   Haugaa, Kristina ^a   Ludwig, Daniel R ^a   Schwartzman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Dyssynchrony; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Pacemakers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART PACING; LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; PULSE GENERATOR; QRS COMPLEX; QRS INTERVAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84896981944     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.12.020     Document Type: Article

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