Elongation as a new shape index for the left ventricle

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 421-430

  Knap, Bojan ^a   Juznic G ^b   Bren, A F ^a   Drzewiecki, G ^c   Noordergraaf, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulatory physiology; Computer modelling; Heart; Heart failure; Hemodynamics; Organ ultrasound; Ventricular function (administrative) experimental

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0036918464     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021162107140     Document Type: Article

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