title: Myocardial fiber shortening in the circumferential direction produces left ventricular wall thickening during contraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Renal Medicine and Hypertension, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohte
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakami
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Hidekatsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuta
authors.forename: Hitomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Narita
authors.forename: Genjiro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*