
Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac resynchronization therapy
Author(s) -
Milan Petrović,
Goran Milašinović,
Bosiljka Vujisić-Tešić,
Vera Jelić,
Žarko Ćalović,
Mirjana Živković,
Miodrag Ostojić
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0612488p
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , cardiac resynchronization therapy , left bundle branch block , ejection fraction , heart failure , dilated cardiomyopathy , diastole , cardiac function curve , doppler echocardiography , systole , doppler imaging , blood pressure
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is relatively new tool in treatment of chronic heart failure (HF), especially in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) with the left bundle branch block (LBBB).