Differences in right ventricular remodeling secondary to pressure overload in patients with pulmonary hypertension

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 603-606

  Gomez Arroyo, Jose ^a,b   Santos Martinez, Luis E ^a   Aranda, Alberto ^a   Pulido, Tomas ^a   Beltran, Miguel ^a   Muñoz Castellanos, Luis ^a   Dominguez Cano, Erick ^a   Sonnino, Chiara ^b   Voelkel, Norbert F ^b   Sandoval, Julio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MORPHOMETRICS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC PULMONARY SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84895556881     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201309-1711LE     Document Type: Letter

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