Feasibility of Echocardiographic Particle Image Velocimetry for evaluation of cardiac left ventricular filling function

Heart disease is one of the primary causes of morbidity and mortality for the adult population over the age of 65. Furthermore, ailments such as hypertension can affect as many as 50% of the adult population over the age of 45. If left untreated, these ailments eventually precipitate the onset of di...

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Main Author: Meyers, Brett Albert
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78159
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09012014-104553/