Changes in Global and Regional Mechanics Due to Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from a Coupled Finite-Element and Circulation Model

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1600-1613

  Moyer, Christian B ^a   Norton, Patrick T ^c   Ferguson, John D ^b   Holmes, Jeffrey W ^a,b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial function; Atrial geometry; Atrial remodeling; Cardiac function; Cardiac mechanics; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; DISEASES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICS;

ANATOMIC INFORMATION; ATRIAL REMODELING; CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CARDIAC MECHANICS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL REMODELING; VENTRICULAR RELAXATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART CYCLE; HEART GEOMETRY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART WORK; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84937635499     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1256-0     Document Type: Article

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