Assessment of wasted myocardial work: a novel method to quantify energy loss due to uncoordinated left ventricular contractions - Russell, Kristoffer; Eriksen, Morten; Aaberge, Lars; Wilhelmsen, Nils; Skulstad, Helge; Gjesdal, Ola; Edvardsen, Thor; Smiseth, Otto A. (American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2013)
Keywords: Aged; Animals; Biomechanical Phenomena; Bundle-Branch Block - diagnosis; Bundle-Branch Block - metabolism; Bundle-Branch Block - physiopathology; Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; Cardiovascular disease; Correlation analysis; Disease Models, Animal; Dogs; Energy; Energy Metabolism; Female; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart Failure - metabolism; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Heart Failure - therapy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Cardiovascular; Myocardial Contraction; Myocardium - metabolism; Strain rate; Time Factors; Ultrasonic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - metabolism; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - therapy; Ventricular Function, Left; Ventricular Pressure; heart failure; dyssynchrony; cardiac resynchronization therapy; myocardial function