American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 3 , Pages 306-311 , 1 February 2010

Impact of Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony Early on Left Ventricular Function After First Acute Myocardial Infarction

  • Gaetano Nucifora, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, University Hospital “Santa Maria della Misericordia”, Udine, Italy
    • Dr. Nucifora and Dr. Bertini contributed equally to this article and are shared first authors.
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  • Matteo Bertini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Dr. Nucifora and Dr. Bertini contributed equally to this article and are shared first authors.
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  • Nina Ajmone Marsan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Victoria Delgado, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Arthur J. Scholte, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Arnold C.T. Ng, BSc (Med), MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Jacob M. van Werkhoven, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Hans-Marc J. Siebelink, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Eduard R. Holman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Martin J. Schalij, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Ernst E. van der Wall, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • The Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 31-715-262-020; fax: 31-715-266-809

Received 8 July 2009 ,Revised 11 September 2009 ,Accepted 11 September 2009.

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 Dr. Nucifora is financially supported by Research Fellowship of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (Sophia Antipolis, France). Dr. Marsan, and Dr. Delgado are financially supported by the Research Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology (Sophia Antipolis, France). Dr. van Werkhoven is financially supported by the Netherlands Society of Cardiology (Utrecht, The Netherlands). Prof. Schalij received research grants from Biotronik (Berlin, Germany), Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts) and Medtronic (Minneapolis, Minnesota). Prof. Bax received research grants from Biotronik (Berlin, Germany), Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts), Edward Lifesciences (Irvine, California), GE Healthcare (Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom), Lantheus Medical Imaging (North Billerica, Massachusetts), Medtronic (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota).

PII: S0002-9149(09)02399-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.09.028

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 3 , Pages 306-311 , 1 February 2010

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