Right ventricular function after brain death: Response to an increased afterload

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-459

  Szabó, Gábor ^a   Sebening, Christian ^a   Hagl, Christian ^b   Tochtermann, Ursula ^a   Vahl, Christian F ^a   Hagl, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain death; Contractility; Frank Starling mechanism; Regulation; Right ventricle; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARLING LAW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DEATH; CARDIAC OUTPUT; DOGS; EPINEPHRINE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NOREPINEPHRINE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0032051744     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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