Reference Material

The following are resources, organized by topic, for Frank’s lectures on the human heart and geometry.

Introduction

Buckberg GD, Weisfeldt ML, Ballester M. Left ventricular form and function: Scientific priorities and strategic planning for development of new views of disease. Circulation. 2004;110:e333-e336 (e333 and e335) — FUNCTION — IMAGING TECHNOLOGY

1) Heart Orientation Axis at Root Three in a Cube

Lawlor R. (1998). Sacred Geometry. (p. 32) — CUBE

2) Tetrahedron Inscribed in a Cube

Cromwell P. (1999). Polyhedra. (p. 360) — CUBE — TETRAHEDRON

3) Prolate Geometry

Cromwell P. (1999). Polyhedra. (p.154) — TETRAHEDRON AND PROLATE

Vigmond E, Vadakkumpadan F, Gurev V, Arevalo H, Deo M, Plank G, Trayanova, N. Towards predictive moldering of the electrophysiology of the heart. The Physiological Society. 2009. — PROLATE HEART MODEL

LeGrice IJ, Hunter PJ, Smaill BH. Laminar structure of the heart: a mathematical model. Am J. Physiol. 272 (heart Circ. Physiol. 41): H2466-H2476, 1997 — PROLATE HEART MODEL

4) Minimal Surfaces

From http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/minimal_surface — MINIMAL SURFACE

5) Vortex Suction, MVO-Dissociation, Twisting and Rapid Filling

Rademakers FE, Buchalter MB, Rogers WJ, Zerhouni EA, Weisfeldt ML, Weiss JL, Shapiro EP. Dissociation between left ventricular untwisting and filling: Accentuation by catecholamines. Circulation 1992;85:1572-1581 (p. 1579, 1580) — MVO*, (p. 1575, 1579) — MVO* — SUCTION

Popescu BA, Beladan CC, Calin A, Muraru D, Deleanu D, Rosca M, Ginghina C. Left ventricular remodeling and torsional dynamics in dilated cardiomyopathy: reversed apical rotation as a marker of disease severity. European Journal of Heart Failure 2009; Volume 11:Issue 10:945-951 (p. 5) — FILLING

Yotti R, Bermejo J, Antoranz C, Desco MM, Cortina C. A noninvasive method of assessing impaired diastolic suction in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2005;112:2921-2929. (p. 2) — DCM*

Ballester-Rodes M, Flotats A, Torrent-Guasp F, Carrio-Gasset I, Ballester-Alomar M, Carreras F, Ferreira A, Narula J. The sequence of regional ventricular motion. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:139-144 (p. S141) — VENTRICULAR MECHANICS — MVO*

Coghlan C, Hoffman J. Leonardo da Vinci’s flights of the mind must continue: cardiac architecture and the fundamental relation of form and function revisited. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:S4-S17 (p. 9 & 14) — MVO* — LOOPING

Torrent-Guasp F, Ballester M, Buckberg GD, Carreras F, Flotats A. Spatial orientation of the ventricular muscle band: Physiologic contribution and surgical implications. J Thoracic Cardiovasc surg 2001;122:389-392 (p. 4) — BASAL LOOPING

Carlhäll CJ, Bolger A. Advances in heart failure. Circulation: Heart Failure 2010;3:326-331. from http://circheartfailure.ahajournals.org/content/3/2/326.full — BASAL CHAMBER VORTICES

Gouaillard A, Gelas A, Valette S, Boix E, Kanai T, Prost R. Remeshing algorithm for multiresolution prior model in segmentation. from: http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/~valette/pub/GGVBKP04ICIP.pdf — VENTRICLE MODEL

Parker KH. Notes for cardiovascular measurements. Retrieved November 23, 2007, from http://www.bg.ic.ac.uk/research/k.parker/homepage/BSc_lectures/2002/_Lecture_1_2002.html. — MR IMAGES OF VORTEX IN AORTA

6) Diagnostic Heart Failure

Carlhäll CJ, Bolger A. Advances in heart failure. Circulation: Heart Failure 2010;3:326-331. from http://circheartfailure.ahajournals.org/content/3/2/326.full

Coghlan C, Hoffman J. Leonardo da Vinci’s flights of the mind must continue: cardiac architecture and the fundamental relation of form and function revisited. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:S4-S17 (p. 12) — CARDIAC ARCHITECTURE

Popescu BA, Beladan CC, Calin A, Muraru D, Deleanu D, Rosca M, Ginghina C. Left ventricular remodeling and torsional dynamics in dilated cardiomyopathy: reversed apical rotation as a marker of disease severity. European Journal of Heart Failure 2009; Volume 11:Issue 10:945-951. — MYOFIBER — DMC*

Athanasuleas CL, Buckberg GD, Stanley AWH, Siler W, Dor V, Menicanti L. Surgical ventricular restoration in the treatment of congestive heart failure due to post-infarction ventricular dilation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004;44:1439-1445, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2004.07.017 (p. 1-5 and 17) — CHF* — VENTRICULAR FORM

Yotti R, Bermejo J, Antoranz C, Desco MM, Cortina C. A noninvasive method of assessing impaired diastolic suction in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2005;112:2921-2929. (p. 10) — FILLING — DCM*

7) Myofiber Architecture and Apex Looping

Ballester-Rodes M, Flotats A, Torrent-Guasp F, Carrio-Gasset I, Ballester-Alomar M, Carreras F, Ferreira A, Narula J. The sequence of regional ventricular motion. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:139-144. (p. S141) — LOOPING

Torrent-Guasp F, Ballester M, Buckberg GD, Carreras F, Flotats A. Spatial orientation of the ventricular muscle band: Physiologic contribution and surgical implications. J Thoracic Cardiovasc surg 2001;122:389-392 (p. 4) — MYOFIBER

Ballester-Rodes M, Flotats A, Torrent-Guasp F, Carrio-Gasset I, Ballester-Alomar M, Carreras F, Ferreira A, Narula J. The sequence of regional ventricular motion. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:139-144 (p. 9) — MYOFIBER

Sengupta PP, Krishnamoorthy VK, Korinek J, Narula J, Vannan MA, Lester SJ, Tajik JA, Seward JB, Khandheria BK, Belohlavek M. Left ventricular form and function revisited: Applied translational science to cardiovascular ultrasound imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007 May; 20(5):539-551 (p. 1 and2) — MYOFIBER

8) First, Second and Three Dimensional Heart Geometry

Brettschneider H. The polarity of center and periphery in the circulatory system. In Holdrege, C. (Ed), The Dynamic Heart and Circulation. 2002. (p. 31)

9) Right Ventricle Vortex Research

10) Left Ventricle Vortex Research

 

CHF* – CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

DCM* – DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

MVO* – MITRAL VALVE OPENING