Left ventricular twist mechanics in the context of normal physiology and cardiovascular disease: a review of studies using speckle tracking echocardiography

• Published in: American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology Vol. 311; no. 3; pp. H633 - H644
• Main Authors: Stöhr, Eric J., Shave, Rob E., Baggish, Aaron L., Weiner, Rory B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physiological Society 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Endocardium - diagnostic imaging; Endocardium - physiology; Endocardium - physiopathology; Heart; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - physiopathology; Humans; Pathology; Pericardium - diagnostic imaging; Pericardium - physiology; Pericardium - physiopathology; Physiology; Rotation; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; Ventricular Function, Left; cardiovascular disease; deformation; exercise; torsion; twist

The anatomy of the adult human left ventricle (LV) is the result of its complex interaction with its environment. From the fetal to the neonatal to the adult form, the human LV undergoes an anatomical transformation that finally results in the most complex of the four cardiac chambers. In its adult...