Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 11 , Pages 1160-1167 , November 2010

Different Determinants of Improvement of Early and Late Systolic Mitral Regurgitation Contributed after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

  • Yu-Jia Liang, MM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health and Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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  • Qing Zhang, MM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health and Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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  • Jeffrey Wing-Hong Fung, MD, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health and Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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  • Joseph Yat-Sun Chan, FHKAM

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health and Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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  • Gabriel Wai-Kwok Yip, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health and Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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  • Yat-Yin Lam, FHKAM

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health and Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • ,
  • Alex Pui-Wai Lee, FHKAM

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health and Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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  • Cheuk-Man Yu, MD, FRCP, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health and Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Cheuk-Man Yu, MD, FRCP, FRACP, Institute of Vascular Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China.

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PII: S0894-7317(10)00600-0

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.07.007

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 11 , Pages 1160-1167 , November 2010

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