Effect of aneurysmectomy on left ventricular shape and function: Case studies

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 547-554

  Fisher Petrank, Yael ^a   Azhari, Haim ^a   Lessick, Jonathan ^a,b   Sideman, Samuel ^a   Beyar, Rafael ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aneurysmectomy; Cine computerized tomography; Stress index; Thickening; Thickness; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ANEURYSMECTOMY;

CARDIOLOGY;

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS;

AGED; CINERADIOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032737646     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(99)00078-8     Document Type: Article

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