Association between ventricular arrhythmias and myocardial mechanical dispersion assessed by strain analysis in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1072-1077

  Kosiuk, Jedrzej ^a   Dinov, Borislav ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Koutalas, Emmanuel ^a   Mussigbrodt, Andreas ^a   Sommer, Phillipp ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Richter, Sergio ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Breithardt, Ole A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b Intensive Care and Pain Therapy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Mechanical dispersion; Speckle tracking; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QRS COMPLEX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTOR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84947867780     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-015-0875-7     Document Type: Article

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