A U-shaped type II contraction pattern in patients with strict left bundle branch block predicts super-response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1790-1797

  Jackson, Tom ^a   Sohal, Manav ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a   Child, Nicholas ^a   Sammut, Eva ^a   Behar, Jonathan ^b   Claridge, Simon ^b   Carr White, Gerald ^b   Razavi, Reza ^a   Rinaldi, Christopher Aldo ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance; Heart failure; Imaging; Left bundle branch block; Pacing; Resynchronization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH; ENDOCARDIUM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84922712934     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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