Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 839-846 , July 2009

Mechanical Dyssynchrony Assessed by Speckle Tracking Imaging as a Reliable Predictor of Acute and Chronic Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

  • Yoshihiro Seo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yoshihiro Seo, MD, Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan.
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  • Tomoko Ishizu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Fumiko Sakamaki, RDMS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Masayoshi Yamamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Tomoko Machino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Hiro Yamasaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Ryo Kawamura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Kentaro Yoshida, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Yukio Sekiguchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Satoru Kawano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Tada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Shigeyuki Watanabe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Kazutaka Aonuma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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PII: S0894-7317(09)00389-7

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.04.029

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 839-846 , July 2009

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