The Right Heart and Its Distinct Mechanisms of Development, Function, and Failure

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 304-313

  Markel, Troy A ^a   Wairiuko, George M ^a   Lahm, Tim ^a   Crisostomo, Paul R ^a   Wang, Meijing ^a   Herring, Christine M ^a   Meldrum, Daniel R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

endotoxic shock; pulmonary hypertension; right heart failure; right ventricular assist device; stem cell therapy; transplantation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTOXEMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 41649104280     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.04.003     Document Type: Review

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