New echocardiographic techniques in optimal patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy in the treatment of chronic heart failure

New echocardiographic techniques in optimal patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy in the treatment of chronic heart failure

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has important role in the contemporary treatment of heart failure, systolic dysfunction and mechanical disynchrony. Classical indications for CRT are severe heart failure (NYHA class III or IV), a broad QRS (more than 120 ms) and left ejection fraction less th...

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Main Authors: Petrović Milan, Vujisić-Tešić Bosiljka, Milašinović Goran, Zamaklar-Trifunović Danijela, Nedeljković Ivana, Jelić Vera, Boričić Marija, Ćalović Žarko, Petrović Olga, Banović Marko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Medical Society 2009-01-01
Series:Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo
Subjects:
cardiac resynchronization therapy
heart failure
echocardiography
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2009/0370-81790906304P.pdf

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