Pulmonary vascular wall stiffness: An important contributor to the increased right ventricular afterload with pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-223

  Wang, Zhijie ^a   Chesler, Naomi C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Hypertrophy; Impedance; Right ventricular dysfunction; Vascular ventricular coupling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865988470     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2045-8932.83453     Document Type: Review

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