The vortex formation time to diastolic function relation: Assessment of pseudonormalized versus normal filling

Physiological Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Ghosh, Erina ^a   Kovács, Sándor J ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Tissue Doppler imaging; Transmitral flow; Vortex formation

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; DATA BASE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; MITRAL VALVE; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

EID: 85008953494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phy2.170     Document Type: Article

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