Anatomy, Function, and Dysfunction of the Right Ventricle: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2019, Pages 1463-1482

  Sanz, Javier ^a,b   Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^c   Bossone, Eduardo ^d   Bogaard, Harm J ^e   Naeije, Robert ^f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^d CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

pulmonary hypertension; right ventricle; right ventricular function

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REVIEW; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 85062965923     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.076     Document Type: Review

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