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Physiological Relevance of Quantifying Segmental Contraction Synchrony

Authors :
Lauren Johnson
Michael R. Pinsky
Hyung Kook Kim
Bouchra Lamia
John Gorcsan
Sanjeev G. Shroff
Masaki Tanabe
David Schwartzman
Source :
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 35:174-187
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Wiley, 2011.

Abstract

Background Most current indices of synchrony quantify left ventricular (LV) contraction pattern in terms of a single, global (integrated) measure. We report the development and physiological relevance of a novel method to quantify LV segmental contraction synchrony.

Details

ISSN :
01478389
Volume :
35
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Accession number :
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