Left ventricular geometry in normal and post-anterior myocardial infarction patients: sphericity index and 'new' conicity index comparisons

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Di Donato, Marisa ^a   Dabic, Petar ^b   Castelvecchio, Serenella ^b   Santambrogio, Carlo ^b   Brankovic, Jelena ^b   Collarini, Luigi ^b   Joussef, Tammam ^b   Frigiola, Alessandro ^b   Buckberg, Gerald ^c,d   Menicanti, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior myocardial infarction; Left ventricular geometry; Left ventricular shape; Sphericity index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART DILATATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 33645990622     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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