title: Static morphometric bases for CT identification and evaluation of the outflow chamber of the left ventricle. Preliminary study in formalin-fixed heart.
abstract: A static morphometric study of the outflow chamber of the left ventricle (OCLV) was investigated in a series of 10 formalin-fixed hearts. A spatial reconstruction of the shape and the volume of the OCLV was carried out by means of a Somaton Plus TR4 Tomodensitometer (Siemens). The technic allows evaluation of the surface of the aortic and the mitral orifices and visualization of the three-dimensional OCLV and LV morphology, as well as calculation of their volumes. The limits of the technic in the dynamic study of the OCLV are presented.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie Expérimentale, Faculté de Médecine Montpellier-Nîmes, Université de Montpellier I, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Demaria
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Godlewski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Guilhermier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seguin
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Chaptal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed