2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy: Developed by the Task Force on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization …

M Glikson, JC Nielsen, MB Kronborg, Y Michowitz… - EP …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
for digital applications (smartphones, etc.). These versions are abridged and thus, for more
detailed information, the user should always access to the full text version of the guidelines …

Recommendations for cardiac chamber quantification by echocardiography in adults: an update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European …

RM Lang, LP Badano, V Mor-Avi… - European Heart …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The rapid technological developments of the past decade and the changes in
echocardiographic practice brought about by these developments have resulted in the need …

2012 EHRA/HRS expert consensus statement on cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure: implant and follow-up recommendations and management: A …

Task Force Chairs, JC Daubert, L Saxon… - Europace, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is one of the most successful heart
failure therapies to emerge in the last 25 years and is applicable to∼ 25–30% of patients …

Imaging predictors of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: left ventricular work asymmetry by echocardiography and septal viability by cardiac magnetic …

JM Aalen, E Donal, CK Larsen, J Duchenne… - European heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Left ventricular (LV) failure in left bundle branch block is caused by loss of septal
function and compensatory hyperfunction of the LV lateral wall (LW) which stimulates …

Relationship of visually assessed apical rocking and septal flash to response and long-term survival following cardiac resynchronization therapy (PREDICT-CRT)

I Stankovic, C Prinz, A Ciarka… - European Heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims Apical rocking (ApRock) and septal flash (SF) are often observed phenomena
in asynchronously contracting ventricles. We investigated the relationship of visually …

Ultrafast cardiac ultrasound imaging: technical principles, applications, and clinical benefits

M Cikes, L Tong, GR Sutherland, J D'hooge - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2014 - jacc.org
Several recent technical advances in cardiac ultrasound allow data to be acquired at a very
high frame rate. Retrospective gating, plane/diverging wave imaging, and multiline transmit …

Role of myocardial constructive work in the identification of responders to CRT

E Galli, C Leclercq, A Hubert, A Bernard… - European Heart …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aims Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) plays a pivotal role in the management of
patients with heart failure (HF) and wide QRS complex. However, the treatment is plagued …

Value of myocardial work estimation in the prediction of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

E Galli, C Leclercq, M Fournet, A Hubert… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in heart failure is plagued by too
many nonresponders. The aim of the present study is to evaluate whether the estimation of …

Identification of typical left bundle branch block contraction by strain echocardiography is additive to electrocardiography in prediction of long-term outcome after …

N Risum, B Tayal, TF Hansen, NE Bruun… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Background: Current guidelines suggest that patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB)
be treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT); however, one-third do not have a …

Multimodality imaging in the diagnosis, risk stratification, and management of patients with dilated cardiomyopathies: an expert consensus document from the …

E Donal, V Delgado, C Bucciarelli-Ducci… - European Heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is defined by the presence of left ventricular or biventricular
dilatation and systolic dysfunction in the absence of abnormal loading conditions or …