Left ventricular vortex formation is unaffected by diastolic impairment

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Stewart, Kelley C ^a   Charonko, John C ^a   Niebel, Casandra L ^a   Little, William C ^b   Vlachos, Pavlos P ^a,c  

^a State University   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastolic filling; Heart failure; Vortex formation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 84869199218     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00093.2012     Document Type: Article

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