Left ventricular dyssynergy and dispersion as determinant factors of fatal ventricular arrhythmias in patients with mildly reduced ejection fraction
Author(s) -
Hiroki Matsuzoe,
Hidekazu Tanaka,
Kensuke Matsumoto,
Hiromi Toki,
Hiroyuki Shimoura,
Junichi Ooka,
Hiroyuki Sano,
Takuma Sawa,
Yoshiki Motoji,
Yasuhide Mochizuki,
Keiko Ryo,
Koji Fukuzawa,
Akihiro Yoshida,
Ken–ichi Hirata
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ehjci/jev172
Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , cardiology , heart failure
Current guidelines recommend implantation of prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in patients with left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) <35%. We explored the prognostic factors of fatal ventricular arrhythmias for heart failure (HF) patients with LVEF ≥35%.
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