Left ventricular atrophy in pulmonary arterial hypertension: A sinister dexter conundrum

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-40

  Meyer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrophy; cardiac function; LV; LV dimensions

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN C; TROPONIN I;

CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART WORK; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ATROPHY; CARDIAC FUNCTION; LV; LV DIMENSIONS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84903823401     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.027     Document Type: Editorial

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