Comparison between cardiac magnetic resonance and speckle-tracking echocardiography in prediction of cardiac resynchronization therapy outcomes

• Main Authors: Mohamd Bahaa Elden Mohamed Khedrawy (Author), Mohamed Salah El-Din Abdel Salam (Author), Mohamed Mahmud Ahmed (Author), Wesam Emam Ali Elmozy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves quality of life, exercise tolerance, and myocardial function in a considerable number of patients with heart failure (HF) and left bundle branch block. In addition, CRT decreases HF hospitalizations and overall mortality. However, structura...