title: How the (pediatric) heart works when it contracts application of left ventricular "isovolumic acceleration" as a load-independent index of contractility.
authors.forename: Sándor J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kovács
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*