Left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure: What is the next step?

Feifei Zhang^{1

2}, Yuetao Wang^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No. 185, Juqian Street, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, 213003, China.
² Changzhou Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No. 185, Juqian Street, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, 213003, China. yuetao-w@163.com.
⁴ Changzhou Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. yuetao-w@163.com.

Editorial

Feifei Zhang et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;29(4):1629-1631.

doi: 10.1007/s12350-021-02578-x. Epub 2021 Mar 11.

Feifei Zhang^{1

2}, Yuetao Wang^{3

4}

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No. 185, Juqian Street, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, 213003, China.
² Changzhou Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No. 185, Juqian Street, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, 213003, China. yuetao-w@163.com.
⁴ Changzhou Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. yuetao-w@163.com.

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