title: Echocardiographic patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy: betting on a dead horse?
authors.forename: Ole A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Breithardt
mesh_terms: D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D018579:Patient Selection; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D020127:Recovery of Function; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling