Ventricular Mechanics in Congenital Heart Disease

• Main Author: Giovanni Biglino (auth)
• Other Authors: Adelaide de Vecchi (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging; ventricular mechanics; Congenital Heart Diseases; hypoplastic left heart syndrome; diastolic function; computational modelling; systolic function; haemodynamics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Looking at "Horse in Motion", the iconic photograph by E. Muybridge, it is almost possible to hear the horse galloping. The pounding sound of the hoofs hitting the ground -like a drum- can also echo the rythmic beating of the human heart. That sound, that visceral rhythm, reminds us of the...