Electromechanical coupling, uncoupling, and ventricular function in patients with bundle branch block: A tissue-Doppler echocardiographic study

Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 687-698

  Quintana, Miguel ^a   Saha, Samir ^a   Rohani, Morteza ^a   Del Furia, Francesca ^a   Roumina M , Simin ^a   Lind, Britta ^a   Hayashi, Shirley ^a   Brodin, Lars Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Left ventricular function; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR PLANE DISPLACEMENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXCITATION CONTRACTION UNCOUPLING; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; ISOVOLUMIC RELAXATION TIME; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SYSTOLE; TISSUE DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 9244243120     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.03164.x     Document Type: Article

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