Identification of Typical Left Bundle Branch Block Contraction by Strain Echocardiography Is Additive to Electrocardiography in Prediction of Long-Term Outcome after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 631-641

  Risum, Niels ^a   Tayal, Bhupendar ^b,c   Hansen, Thomas F ^d   Bruun, Niels E ^b,d   Jensen, Magnus T ^e   Lauridsen, Trine K ^d   Saba, Samir ^b   Kisslo, Joseph ^f   Gorcsan, John ^b   Sogaard, Peter ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2 dimensional strain echocardiography; defibrillator; heart failure; multivariate analysis; prognosis; prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK CONTRACTION; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN DYSSYNCHRONY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS INTERVAL; RADIAL STRAIN DYSSYNCHRONY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING DERIVED TIME TO PEAK OPPOSING WALL DELAY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL STRAIN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938598632     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.06.020     Document Type: Article

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