Search results for "Isovolumetric contraction"
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Wall motion characteristic of the right pulmonary artery in the suprasternal echocardiogram
1980
This study describes the motion pattern of the right pulmonary artery (RPA) as it can be assessed from the suprasternal echocardiogram. The motion characteristic of the RPA is dependent on hemodynamic factors within the lumen of the RPA and those within the left atrium and the aortic arch. During atrial contraction the superior wall of the left atrium separates from the inferior wall of the RPA (IWRPA) and produces an "a" dip in the wall motion of the IWRPA. During isovolumic contraction the RPA is shifted upward (IC point). The incisura in the pulmonary artery pressure curve reflecting pulmonic valve closure can be seen by a sudden decrease in the diameter of the RPA (PC point). In conditi…
Assessment of left ventricular function by breath-hold cine MR imaging: Comparison of different steady-state free precession sequences
2005
Purpose To compare steady-state free precession (SSFP) sequence protocols with different acquisition times (TA) and temporal resolutions (tRes) due to the implementation of a view sharing technique called shared phases for the assessment of left ventricular (LV) function by breath-hold cine magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Materials and Methods End-diastolic and end-systolic volumes (EDV, ESV) were measured in contiguous short-axis slices with a thickness of 8 mm acquired in 10 healthy male volunteers. The following true fast imaging with steady-state precession (TrueFISP) sequence protocols were compared: protocol A) internal standard of reference, segmented: tRes 34.5 msec, TA 18 beats pe…
Kinetische Analyse der Calcium-Kompartimente im Meerschweinchenherzen unter Kontrollbedingungen und Strophanthineinwirkung
1974
A quantitative analysis of myocardial Ca-metabolism was carried out on isolated, isovolumetric (10 ml/min) perfused guinea pig hearts by combined determinations of the total Ca-content and kinetics of 45Ca-efflux (collecting period 60 min) (Fig. 1). The kinetics of 45Ca-uptake was estimated by extrapolating 45Ca-efflux curves of heart muscles isotopically loaded for different times (2, 5, 10, 30 60 min) to the end of the loading-period (Fig. 2).