title: [Principles of cardiovascular dynamics in the perspective of echocardiography].
abstract: The possibilities of applying the laws of dynamics to the study of myocardial mechanics are remarkable and to some extent neglected to characterize ventricular performance by the imaging techniques. There are potentially useful applications derived from the analyses of Doppler flow velocity profiles of left ventricular outflow to be applied to the study of cardiovascular dynamics. They include ejection force, pressure-volume work and ventricular power. All these variables require measurements that are easy to obtain even during a standard examination, like stroke volume, ventricular outflow velocity, and the velocity-time integral.
authors.affiliation: U.O. di Malattie Cardiovascolari 2, Ospedale S. Chiara, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Via Roma, 67 56126 Pisa. f.dini@ao-pisa.toscana.it
authors.forename: Frank Lloyd
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Dini
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buralli
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gallina
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galderisi
authors.forename: Donato
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mele
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mondillo
authors.forename: Eustachio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Agricola
authors.forename: Vitantonio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Bello
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sciomer
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ansalone
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Salvo
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montisci
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nistri
authors.forename: Gian Marco
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Paolo Nicola
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Marino
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D004452:Echocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans