Twist and Untwist Mechanics of the Left Ventricle

Heart Failure Clinics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-324

  Sengupta, Partho P ^a   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^a   Narula, Jagat ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE TWIST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIASTOLE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE VOLUME; TORSION, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 45849111457     PISSN: 15517136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2008.03.001     Document Type: Review

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