The critical role of pulmonary arterial compliance in pulmonary hypertension

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 276-284

  Thenappan, Thenappan ^a   Prins, Kurt W ^a   Pritzker, Marc R ^a   Scandurra, John ^b   Volmers, Karl ^b   Weir, E Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Aria CV Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Impedance; Resistance; Right ventricle; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULAR DISEASE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

COMPLIANCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84988918084     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201509-599FR     Document Type: Review

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