Engineering approaches to the evaluation of cardiac function in future.
The present and future impact of engineering technology on observing and evaluating cardiac function is discussed, with particular reference to the development of cardiac measurements. Several new topics in cardiac imaging, manometers, and blood flow velocity measurements are briefly reviewed. The effectiveness of cardiac models in the evaluation of cardiac function is emphasized, although there are many unsolved basic problems concerning muscle mechanics of the heart. Overall, comprehensive studies in cooperation with clinical cardiology, cardiac physiology, and engineering are necessary to accelerate further progress in the evaluation of cardiac function.
D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000639:trends*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends*; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D012212:Rheology; D014054:Tomography; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography