Influence of a tilting prosthetic mitral valve orientation on the left ventricular flow - an experimental in vivo magnetic resonance imaging study

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-107

  Mächler, Heinrich ^a   Reiter, Gert ^a,c   Perthel, Mathias ^b   Reiter, Ulrike ^a   Bergmann, Peter ^a   Zink, Michael ^a   Rienmüller, Rainer ^a   Laas, Joachim ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Division of Cardiac Surgery   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG ÖSTERREICH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Intra ventricular flow; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mitral valve prosthesis; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; IN VIVO STUDY; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SHEEP; TILTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MITRAL VALVE; SHEEP; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34249890227     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.02.038     Document Type: Article

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