Severe aortic insufficiency and normal systolic function: Determining regional left ventricular wall stress by finite-element analysis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 668-675

  Cupps, Brian P ^b   Moustakidis, Pavlos ^b   Pomerantz, Benjamin J ^b   Vedala, Giridhar ^b   Scheri, Randall P ^b   Kouchoukos, Nicholas T ^b   Davila Roman, Victor G ^b   Pasque, Michael K ^a  

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0041828949     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00671-4     Document Type: Article

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