Experimental validation of the prestretch-strain relationship as a non-invasive index of left ventricular myocardial contractility

• Oana Mirea ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Oana Mirea, Carolina Vallecilla

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: oana.mirea83@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium, Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4170-0356

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• Carolina Vallecilla ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Oana Mirea, Carolina Vallecilla

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

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• Piet Claus,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

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• Frank Rademakers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-4179

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• Jan D’hooge

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

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