Right heart adaptation to pulmonary arterial hypertension: Physiology and pathobiology

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 25 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Vonk Noordegraaf, Anton ^a   Haddad, François ^b   Chin, Kelly M ^c   Forfia, Paul R ^d   Kawut, Steven M ^e   Lumens, Joost ^f   Naeije, Robert ^g   Newman, John ^h   Oudiz, Ronald J ⁱ   Provencher, Steve ^j   Torbicki, Adam ^k   Voelkel, Norbert F ^l,m   Hassoun, Paul M ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k Medical Center of Postgraduate Education ECZ   (Poland)

^l VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

echocardiography; heart failure; MRI; myocardium; pulmonary artery hypertension; right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMATINIB; MYOSIN; SILDENAFIL;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EXERCISE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; VASODILATATION;

ARTERIAL ELASTANCE; B TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BNP; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CO; EA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EES; HEART FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LV; MEAN PULMONARY ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MHC; MPAP; MRI; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PAC; PAH; PH; PULMONARY ARTERIAL COMPLIANCE; PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PVR; RAP; RHF; RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RIGHT ATRIALPRESSURE; RIGHT HEART FAILURE; RIGHT VENTRICLE; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; RIGHT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION; RNA; RV; RVEF; VENTRICULAR ELASTANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84890606655     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.10.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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