Acute impact of pacing at different cardiac sites on left ventricular rotation and twist in dogs.

We evaluated the acute impact of different cardiac pacing sites on two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) derived left ventricular (LV) rotation and twist in healthy dogs.Twelve dogs were used in this study. The steerable pacing electrodes were positioned into right heart through th...

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Main Authors: Zhi-Wen Zhou, Bu-Chun Zhang, Yi Yu, Kai Guo, Wei Li, Rui Zhang, Peng-Pai Zhang, Yi-Gang Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4207788?pdf=render