Pattern of Right Ventricular Pressure Fall and Its Modulation by Afterload

Physiological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Correia Pinto, J ^a   Henriques Coelho, T ^a   Magalhaes S ^a   Leite Moreira, Adelino F ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b Institute of Pharmacology and Therapeutics   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Rat; Relaxation time constant; Right ventricle; Ventricular pressure fall

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY VALVE; RAT;

ANIMALS; DIASTOLE; HEART RATE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 1542315955     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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