Open AccessOptimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy based on speckle tracking
Author(s) -
David Šipula,
Matija Kozak,
J Sipula,
Miroslav Homza,
Jiří Plášek,
Taylor Furst
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bratislavské lekárske listy/bratislava medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1336-0345
pISSN - 0006-9248
DOI - 10.4149/bll_2019_089
Subject(s) - cardiac resynchronization therapy , medicine , ejection fraction , cardiology , ventricle , speckle pattern , dilated cardiomyopathy , speckle tracking echocardiography , heart failure , cardiomyopathy , artificial intelligence , computer science
The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the change in heart strains and the success rate of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) optimization. We further explored the benefit of speckle tracking for CRT.