Abstract
DURING the past fifty years conflicting experimental evidence has been presented on the mechanism of ventricular filling and its response to exercise1. More recently, interest has been rekindled by the advent of open heart surgery and the routine replacement of diseased mitral valves with artificial prostheses. In particular, the haemodynamic results of mitral valve replacement using ball and disk valves have provided some important evidence about the way in which the ventricle fills and suggest that normally it is inseparable from mitral valve action.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Linden, R. J., Rec. Adv. in Physiol., eighth ed., 330 (Churchill, London, 1963).
Frank, O., Zeitschr. Biol. Berlin, 32, 370 (1895).
Ackeret, J., Zeitschr. Vereins Deutscher. Ing. Berlin, 70, 1155, 1157 (1926).
Brecher, G. A., Circulat. Res., 6, 554 (1958).
Reid, K. G., and Bellhouse, B. J., Proc. Europ. Cong. Cardiovasc. Surg., London, July 1968.
Reid, K. G., Bellhouse, B. J., and Bellhouse, F. H., Nature, 219, 1059 (1968).
Reid, K. G., Proc. Soc. Thoracic Surgeons Gt Britain and Ireland, Oxford, September 1968.
Judson, W. E., Ardaiz, S., Strach, T. P. J., and Jenning, R. S., Circulation, 29 (Suppl. 1), 14 (1964).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
REID, K. Mitral Valve Action and the Mode of Ventricular Filling. Nature 223, 1383–1384 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2231383a0
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/2231383a0
This article is cited by
-
Atypische bakterielle Endokarditis und Klappenringabsce�
Virchows Archiv Abteilung A Pathologische Anatomie (1971)
Comments
By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.
