Validation of a novel noninvasive cardiac index of left ventricular contractility in patients - Zhong, Liang; Tan, Ru-San; Ghista, Dhanjoo N; Ng, Eddie Yin-Kwee; Chua, Leok-Poh; Kassab, Ghassan S (American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2007)
Keywords: Aged; Biochemistry; Cardiac Catheterization; Cardiology; Cardiotonic Agents; Cardiovascular system; Cineradiography; Coronary vessels; Dobutamine; Elasticity; Electrocardiography; Female; Heart; Heart Diseases - diagnosis; Heart Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Heart Diseases - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Cardiovascular; Myocardial Contraction; Nitroglycerin; Predictive Value of Tests; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sodium Chloride; Stress, Mechanical; Stroke Volume; Systole; Ultrasonography; Vasodilator Agents; Ventricular Function, Left; Ventricular Pressure