Regional Longitudinal Deformation Improves Prediction of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: A MADIT-CRT Substudy (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Biering Sørensen, Tor ^a,b   Knappe, Dorit ^a   Pouleur, Anne Catherine ^a   Claggett, Brian ^a   Wang, Paul J ^c   Moss, Arthur J ^d   Solomon, Scott D ^a   Kutyifa, Valentina ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization therapy; defibrillators, implantable; echocardiography; heart failure; tachycardia, ventricular

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVERSION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTOR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85009833799     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.005096     Document Type: Article

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