Load-independent index of diastolic filling: Model-based derivation with in vivo validation in control and diastolic dysfunction subjects

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 92-101

  Shmuylovich, Leonid ^a   Kovács, Sándor J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Doppler echocardiography; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETERIZATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TILT-TABLE TEST; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745824196     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01305.2005     Document Type: Article

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