Elevated Strain and Structural Disarray Occur at the Right Ventricular Apex

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-61

  Hariharan, V ^a   Provost, J ^a   Shah, S ^a   Konofagou, E ^a   Huang, H ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac structure; Cardiomyopathy; Elastography; Structure function; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CYCLES; CARDIAC RHYTHMS; CARDIAC STRUCTURE; CARDIAC WALL; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONDUCTION PROPERTIES; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTROMECHANICAL WAVES; FIBER ORGANIZATION; HETEROGENEOUS STRAIN; HOT SPOT; LEFT VENTRICLES; MECHANICAL STRAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RIGHT VENTRICLE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURAL STRENGTH;

HEART; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

STRAIN;

JUNCTIONAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTROMECHANICAL WAVE IMAGING; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RIGHT VENTRICULAR APEX; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL STRENGTH; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84863236031     PISSN: 1869408X     EISSN: 18694098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13239-011-0081-3     Document Type: Article

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