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Effect of elastin degradation on carotid wall mechanics as assessed by a constituent-based biomechanical model

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Sylvain Roy, Luca Augsburger, Edouard Fonck, Gilles Prod'Hom

Arteries display a nonlinear anisotropic behavior dictated by the elastic properties and structural arrangement of its main constituents, elastin, collagen, and vascular smooth muscle. Elastin provides for structural integrity and for the compliance of the ...

2007

Transfer matrices for deriving the vectorcardiogram: a consumer guide

Zenichi Ihara

Background In the literature, several different transfer matrices have been presented for deriving the vectorcardiogram (VCG) from the signals observed using a limited set of electrodes. Even when the electrode locations were identical, like 9 of the stand ...

2007

The effect of a myocardial infarction on the normalized time-varying elastance curve

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Rafaela Fernandes Da Silva, David Jegger

It has been suggested that the shape of the normalized time-varying elastance curve [E(n)(t(n))] is conserved in different cardiac pathologies. We hypothesize, however, that the E(n)(t(n)) differs quantitatively after myocardial infarction (MI). Sprague-Da ...

2006

Effects of a stiffened arterial tree on ventricular-arterial coupling in healthy and diseased hearts

David Jegger

In this thesis we study ventricular-arterial coupling in rodents under the influence of arterial stiffening and myocardial infarction (MI), combination of the two considered as a novel cardiovascular research model for diseased hearts pumping against an ag ...

EPFL2006

Noninvasive Doppler-derived myocardial performance index in rats with myocardial infarction: validation and correlation by conductance catheter

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, David Jegger, Patrick Segers

The rodent model of myocardial infarction (MI) is extensively used in heart failure studies. However, long-term follow-up of echocardiographic left ventricular (LV) function parameters such as the myocardial performance index (MPI) and its ratio with the f ...

2005

Spatio-Temporal Nonrigid Registration for Ultrasound Cardiac Motion Estimation

Michaël Unser, Michael Sühling

We propose a new spatio-temporal elastic registration algorithm for motion reconstruction from a series of images. The specific application is to estimate displacement fields from two-dimensional ultrasound sequences of the heart. The basic idea is to find ...

IEEE2005

Sparse Decompositions for Ventricular and Atrial Activity Separation

Pierre Vandergheynst, Mathieu Lemay, Lorenzo Granai, Oscar Divorra Escoda

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of human arrhythmia. Beside its clinical description as absolute arrhythmia, its diagnosis has been assessed for years by visual inspection of the surface electrocardiogram (ECG). Due to the much higher ampl ...

2005

Nonlinear isochrones in murine left ventricular pressure-volume loops: how well does the time-varying elastance concept hold?

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Patrick Segers, Nico Westerhof

The linear time-varying elastance theory is frequently used to describe the change in ventricular stiffness during the cardiac cycle. The concept assumes that all isochrones (i.e., curves that connect pressure-volume data occurring at the same time) are li ...

2005

Improvement in the Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Using an Automatic Spline-Based Registration Algorithm

Philippe Thévenaz

Purpose: To improve the quantification of myocardial perfusion by registering the time series of magnetic resonance (MR) images with injection of gadolinium. Materials and Methods: Eight patients underwent MR scans to perform myocardial perfusion exam. Two ...

Wiley-Liss, Inc.2003

Relation of effective arterial elastance to arterial system properties

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Patrick Segers, Nico Westerhof

Effective arterial elastance (E(a)), defined as the ratio of left ventricular (LV) end-systolic pressure and stroke volume, lumps the steady and pulsatile components of the arterial load in a concise way. Combined with E(max), the slope of the LV end-systo ...

2002

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