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Implementation of seven echocardiographic parameters of myocardial asynchrony to improve the long-term response rate of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)

Fabian Knebel email, Sebastian Schattke email, Hansjürgen Bondke email, Christoph Richter email, Christoph Melzer email, Henryk Dreger email, Andrea Grohmann email, Gert Baumann email and Adrian C Borges email

Medizinische Klinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Campus Mitte, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2008, 6:58doi:10.1186/1476-7120-6-58

Published: 25 November 2008

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Measurement of the IMD in the aortic and the pulmonary outflow tracts.

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M-mode in the paarasternal long axis to determine SPWMD.

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Assessment of Ts12 and Ts-12-SD by TSI.

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TSI: Patient with asynchrony in the lateral wall (apical four chamber view).

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TDId in a healthy control and the asynchrony of myocardial contraction in the septal and lateral basal segments.

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Measurement of the LVEMD in the aortic outflow tract.

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Apical four chamber view. Myocardial systolic displacement: Evidence for lateral apical wall delayed longitudinal contraction.

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