Open AccessPreload Dependency of Left Ventricular Torsion
Author(s) -
Rory B. Weiner,
Arthur E. Weyman,
Abigail Khan,
Jason Reingold,
Annabel ChenTournoux,
Marielle ScherrerCrosbie,
Michael H. Picard,
Thomas J. Wang,
Aaron L. Baggish
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.109.932921
Subject(s) - medicine , preload , cardiology , torsion (gastropod) , dependency (uml) , anatomy , hemodynamics , systems engineering , engineering
left ventricular (LV) rotation results from contraction of obliquely oriented myocardial fibers. The net difference between systolic apical counterclockwise rotation and basal clockwise rotation is left ventricular torsion (LVT). Although LVT is altered in various cardiac diseases, determinants of LVT are incompletely understood.
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