Aging alters patterns of regional nonuniformity in LV strain relaxation: A 3-D MR tissue tagging study

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 2 54-2, 2003, Pages

  Fonseca, Carissa G ^a   Oxenham, Helen C ^a   Cowan, Brett R ^a   Occleshaw, Christopher J ^b   Young, Alistair A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diastole; Elderly; Left ventricular; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TORSION;

EID: 0037623883     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01063.2002     Document Type: Article

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