title: [Echocardiographic modelling of cardiac asynchronism: prospective evaluation before and after multisite stimulation].
abstract: The evaluation of multisite stimulation with a haemodynamic aim has since its origin clashed with the absence of definition of a simple method of identifying candidates and of evaluation of the effects of treatment. In this pilot work, 66 patients were selected on electromechanical criteria obtained from a desynchronisation model identified from simple echographic parameters. The short term results demonstrate important modifications, differing according to the type of patient undergoing implantation. These results reject the basis of a prospective multicentric study aimed at validating the concept of ventricular resynchronisation.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Haut-Levêque, Pessac. cazeau@inparys.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cazeau
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jauvert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bordachar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ritter
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery