The Relationship Between the Right Ventricle and its Load in Pulmonary Hypertension

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 236-243

  Vonk Noordegraaf, Anton ^a   Westerhof, Berend E ^a,b   Westerhof, Nico ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

compliance resistance relation; pulmonary arterial system; right heart failure; ventriculoarterial coupling

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VOLUME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIAC VOLUME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 85008637605     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.10.047     Document Type: Review

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