Validation of a novel noninvasive cardiac index of left ventricular contractility in patients

• Published in: American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology Vol. 292; no. 6; pp. H2764 - H2772
• Main Authors: Zhong, Liang, Tan, Ru-San, Ghista, Dhanjoo N, Ng, Eddie Yin-Kwee, Chua, Leok-Poh, Kassab, Ghassan S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physiological Society 01.06.2007
• Subjects: 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

1 Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre, 2 Division of Engineering, Science, and Technology, University of New South Wales-Asia, and 3 College of Engineering, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and Departments of 4 Biomedical Engine...