Transmitral Flow Velocity-Contour Variation After Premature Ventricular Contractions: A Novel Test of the Load-Independent Index of Diastolic Filling

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1901-1908

  Boskovski, Marko T ^a,b   Shmuylovich, Leonid ^a,b   Kovács, Sándor J ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastole; Doppler echocardiography; Load independent index; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SHRINKAGE;

AND MODELS; CONTOUR VARIATIONS; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FORCE RELATIONS; LOAD VARIATIONS; LOAD-INDEPENDENT INDEX; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTIONS; WAVE SHAPES;

LOADS (FORCES);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; HEART BEAT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 56249131742     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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