Coronary microcirculation in the beating heart

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 411-419

  Kajiya, Fumihiko ^a   Yada, Toyotaka ^a   Hiramatsu, Osamu ^a   Ogasawara, Yasuo ^a   Inai, Yousuke ^b   Kajiya, Masahito ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary capillary; Intramyocardial microcirculation; Needle lens probe videomicroscope; Subendocardial flow; Unstressed volume

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARY FLOW; HEMODYNAMICS; MICROCIRCULATION;

CORONARY CAPILLARY; CORONARY MICROCIRCULATION; HEART; INTRAMYOCARDIAL MICROCIRCULATION; NEEDLE-LENS PROBE VIDEOMICROSCOPE; SUBENDOCARDIAL FLOW;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL CAPACITANCE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BLOOD VOLUME; CAPILLARY FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SYSTOLE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 42549100507     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-008-0335-x     Document Type: Article

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