Echocardiographic deformation imaging unmasks global and regional mechanical dysfunction in patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation: A multicenter case-control study - Groeneveld, Sanne A.; van der Ree, Martijn H.; Taha, Karim; de Bruin-Bon, Rianne H.A.; Cramer, Maarten J.; Teske, Arco J.; Bouma, Berto J.; Amin, Ahmad S.; Wilde, Arthur A.M.; Postema, Pieter G.; Hassink, Rutger J. (Heart rhythm, 2021)
Keywords: Adult; Case-Control Studies; Deformation imaging; Echocardiography - methods; Female; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - physiopathology; Humans; Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Contraction - physiology; Speckle tracking; Strain echocardiography; Stroke Volume - physiology; Ventricular arrhythmia; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; Ventricular Fibrillation - complications; Ventricular Fibrillation - diagnosis; Ventricular Fibrillation - physiopathology; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology; Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular arrhythmia; Strain echocardiography; Speckle tracking; Deformation imaging