Longitudinal shortening accounts for the majority of right ventricular contraction and improves after pulmonary vasodilator therapy in normal subjects and patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Brown, Suzanne B ^a   Raina, Amresh ^a   Katz, David ^b   Szerlip, Molly ^c   Wiegers, Susan E ^a   Forfia, Paul R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ILOPROST; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FRACTIONAL AREA CHANGE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL FRACTIONAL AREA CHANGE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TRANSVERSE FRACTIONAL AREA CHANGE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICUSPID ANNULAR PLANE SYSTOLIC EXCURSION;

EID: 79960407120     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1136     Document Type: Article

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