The right ventricle in cardiac surgery, a perioperative perspective: I. anatomy, physiology, and assessment

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 407-421

  Haddad, François ^a,b   Couture, Pierre ^a   Tousignant, Claude ^c   Denault, André Y ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 59649123960     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31818f8623     Document Type: Review

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