LV mechanical dispersion as a predictor of ventricular arrhythmia in patients with advanced systolic heart failure
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- 16 February 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Herz
- Vol. 41 (7) , 599-604
Abstract
Myocardial mechanical dyssynchrony induced by the presence of postinfarction scar and/or conduction abnormalities in patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of < 35 % may be associated with a greater propensity toward inducing serious ventricular arrhythmia [(ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF)] and sudden cardiac death. The assessment of regional myocardial function using tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE) allows for noninvasive analysis of regional mechanical dysfunction (LV mechanical dispersion).Keywords
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