Wall thickness referenced to myocardial volume: A new noninvasive framework for cardiac mechanics

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 211-221

  Denslow, Stewart ^a,b   Balaji, Seshadri ^a   Hewett, Kenneth W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Charleston   (United States)

Author keywords

Ventricular function; Ventricular geometry; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SWINE;

EID: 0032798806     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.1.211     Document Type: Article

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