Interactions between the right ventricle and pulmonary vasculature in the fetus

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1637-1643

  Grant, Daniel A ^a   Hollander, Ellen ^b   Skuza, Elizabeth M ^a   Fauchère, Jean Claude ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart lung interactions; Left ventricle; Wave intensity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0032733046     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.5.1637     Document Type: Article

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