The Right Ventricle and Pulmonary Circulation: Basic Concepts;Ventrículo derecho y circulación pulmonar: conceptos básicos

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-95

  Greyson, Clifford R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hypertension; Physiology; Pulmonary arterial; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUME; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; FETUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 76749153746     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(10)70012-9     Document Type: Article

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