Assessment and consequences of the constant-volume attribute of the four-chambered heart

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 5 54-5, 2003, Pages

  Bowman, Andrew W ^a   Kovács, Sándor J ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Mathematical modeling; diastasis; Pericardial motion

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0142200937     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00249.2003     Document Type: Article

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