Impact of Loading Condition on the 2D Speckle Tracking–Derived Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony Index in Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Hyo Eun Park,
SungA Chang,
HyungKwan Kim,
DongHo Shin,
JiHyun Kim,
MyungKi Seo,
YongJin Kim,
Goo-Yeong Cho,
Daewon Sohn,
ByungHee Oh,
Young-Bae Park
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.109.890848
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , preload , speckle tracking echocardiography , dilated cardiomyopathy , radial stress , afterload , heart failure , ventricular dyssynchrony , cardiomyopathy , cardiac resynchronization therapy , hemodynamics , ejection fraction , physics , finite element method , thermodynamics
The effects of left ventricular (LV) loading conditions on LV dyssynchrony have not been elucidated. We modified LV loading conditions to reveal their effects on echocardiography-derived LV dyssynchrony index (LVdys) in patients with documented nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.
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