Age, gender, blood pressure, and ventricular geometry influence normal 3D blood flow characteristics in the left heart

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 366-373

  Föll, Daniela ^a   Taeger, Steffen ^a   Bode, Christoph ^a   Jung, Bernd ^b   Markl, Michael ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

4D flow MRI; Ageing; Blood flow; Gender; Vortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENDER; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VORTEX MOTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; COHORT STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875201551     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes196     Document Type: Article

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