Noninvasive imaging plays a central role in the diagnosis of heart failure, assessment of
prognosis, and monitoring of therapy. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) offers a …

Cardiac pacing is the only effective treatment for patients with sick sinus syndrome and
atrioventricular conduction disorders. In cardiac pacing, the endocardial pacing lead is …

Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is evolving as a useful echocardiographic tool for quantitative
assessment of left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function. Recent studies have …

Echocardiography plays an evolving and important role in the care of heart failure patients
treated with biventricular pacing, or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Numerous …

Echocardiography is well qualified to meet the growing need for noninvasive imaging in the
expanding heart failure (HF) population. The recently-released American College of …

We hypothesized that the current growth in implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
utilization would impact rates of CRMD infection, both by expanding and changing the …

Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is a useful echocardiographic technique to evaluate global
and regional myocardial systolic as well as diastolic function. It can also be used to quantify …

Objectives: The aim of the current study was to evaluate echocardiographic parameters after
6 months of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) as well as long-term outcome in …

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is now a well-recognized therapeutic option for
patients with end-stage heart failure. However, not all patients respond to CRT, and …

A U-shaped contraction pattern was shown to be associated with a better Cardiac
resynchronization therapy (CRT) response. The main goal of this study is to automatically …