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Dyssynchrony is the term applied to disorganized ventricular contraction and is typified by regional variation in the timing of contraction of left ventricular (LV) segments.

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Malhotra, S., Sillanmaki, S., Soman, P. (2022). Dyssynchrony. In: Nekolla, S.G., Rischpler, C. (eds) Hybrid Cardiac Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83167-7_6

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