Myocardial fiber shortening in the circumferential direction produces left ventricular wall thickening during contraction.
Kato
Takafumi
T
Department of Cardio-Renal Medicine and Hypertension, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
Ohte
Nobuyuki
N
Wakami
Kazuaki
K
Goto
Toshihiko
T
Fukuta
Hidekatsu
H
Narita
Hitomi
H
Kimura
Genjiro
G
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*