Impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy on left ventricular mechanics: Understanding the response through a new quantitative approach based on longitudinal strain integrals

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 700-708

  Bernard, Anne ^a,b,c   Donal, Erwan ^a,b,d   Leclercq, Christophe ^a,b,d   Schnell, Frédéric ^a,b,e   Fournet, Maxime ^d   Reynaud, Amélie ^a,b   Thebault, Christophe ^d   Mabo, Philippe ^a,b,d   Daubert, J Claude ^a,b,d   Hernandez, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^d PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOGRAPHY DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84930083685     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2015.02.017     Document Type: Article

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