Pressure-overload-induced right heart failure

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 466, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1055-1063

  Rain, S ^a   Handoko, M L ^a   Vonk Noordegraaf, A ^a   Bogaard, H J ^a   Van Der Velden, J ^a,b   De Man, F S ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glycolytic shift; Neurohormonal activation; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Right heart failure; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AORTA STENOSIS; CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRESSURE OVERLOAD INDUCED RIGHT HEART FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; GLYCOLYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84901930479     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1450-1     Document Type: Review

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