Evidence for the existence of a functional helical myocardial band

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nasiraei Moghaddam, Abbas ^a,b   Gharib, Morteza ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Left ventricle; Mechanical strain; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISSECTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART ARREST; HEART BEAT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; SOFTWARE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 58149505590     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00581.2008     Document Type: Article

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