Pressure overload-induced right ventricular dysfunction and remodelling in experimental pulmonary hypertension: The right heart revisited

European Heart Journal, Supplement

Volumn 9, Issue H, 2007, Pages

  Pokreisz, Peter ^a,b   Marsboom, Glenn ^a   Janssens, Stefan ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Pressure overload; Pulmonary hypertension; Remodeling; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149094041     PISSN: 1520765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/sum021     Document Type: Review

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