A modified echocardiographic protocol with intrinsic plausibility control to determine intraventricular asynchrony based on TDI and TSI

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Established methods to determine asynchrony suffer from high intra- and interobserver variability and failed to improve patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Thus, there is a need for easy and robust approach...

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Main Authors: Baumann Gert, Stegemann Berthold, Schattke Sebastian, Ismer Bruno, Borges Adrian C, Dreger Henryk, Melzer Christoph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-09-01
Series:Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Online Access:http://www.cardiovascularultrasound.com/content/7/1/46