Structure and torsion of the normal and situs inversus totalis cardiac left ventricle. I. Experimental data in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Delhaas, Tammo ^a,c   Kroon, Wilco ^a   Decaluwe, Wim ^a   Rubbens, Mirjam ^b   Bovendeerd, Peter ^b   Arts, Theo ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cardiac development; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mechanics; Myocardium; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SITUS INVERSUS; SYSTOLE; TIME; TORSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; ROTATION; SITUS INVERSUS; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 49849099123     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00876.2007     Document Type: Article

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