rpcardioRational Pharmacotherapy in CardiologyРациональная Фармакотерапия в Кардиологии1819-64462225-3653«SILICEA-POLIGRAF» LLC10.20996/1819-6446-2014-10-2-220-230rpcardio-27Research ArticlePOINT OF VIEWТОЧКА ЗРЕНИЯKEY PATHOGENETIC ASPECTS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF MECHANICAL DYSSYNCHRONYОСНОВНЫЕ ПАТОГЕНЕТИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ И КЛИНИЧЕСКОЕ ЗНАЧЕНИЕ МЕХАНИЧЕСКОЙ ДИССИНХРОНИИСтавцеваЮ. В.StavtsevaYu. V.

Ставцева Юлия Вадимовна – аспирант кафедры пропедевтики внутренних болезней медицинского факультета

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Виллевальде Светлана Вадимовна – доктор медицинских наук, профессор кафедры пропедевтики внутренних болезней медицинского факультета

y.stavtseva@gmail.comСвешниковА. В.SveshnikovA. V.

Свешников Артем Валерьевич – кандидат медицинских наук,  заведующий отделением рентгено-хирургических методов диагностики и лечения нарушений ритма сердца

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Кобалава Жанна Давидовна – доктор медицинских наук, профессор, заведующая кафедрой пропедевтики внутренних болезней медицинского факультета

y.stavtseva@gmail.comРоссийский университет дружбы народов, МоскваРоссияRussian Peoples' Friendship University, MoscowRussian FederationНациональный медико-хирургический центр им. Н.И. Пирогова, МоскваРоссияNational Center of Medicine and Surgery named after N.I. Pirogov, MoscowRussian Federation201419092015102220230Copyright © Stavtseva Y.V., Villevalde S.V., Sveshnikov A.V., Kobalava J.D., 20152015Ставцева Ю.В., Виллевальде С.В., Свешников А.В., Кобалава Ж.Д.Stavtseva Y.V., Villevalde S.V., Sveshnikov A.V., Kobalava J.D.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.rpcardio.online/jour/article/view/27

Review of scientific evidences on contemporary concepts of the pathogenesis of mechanical dyssynchrony and its significance in patients with chronic heart failure is presented.

Приводится обзор научных данных, посвященных современным представлениям о патогенезе механической диссинхронии и ее значении у пациентов с хронической сердечной недостаточностью.

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