Is Coronary Circulation the Most Important Parameter for Right Ventricular Functions?

altered LV functions, for which there are several possible explanations. Balci et al. [3] suggested that the RV cavity has a thinner wall. Nouette-Gaulain et al. [4] showed that, in the case of chronic hypoxia, the mitochondrial energy metabolism-adaptation mechanisms in the right and left ventricles are different. Saari and Johnson [5] showed there to be distinct calcium kinetics in the right and left ventricles. Hence, the preserved RV functions could be explained by the mechanisms mentioned above. We wonder, however, whether the results would have been the same if the patients had been divided into 2 subgroups, i.e. RV circulation: right coronary artery and dominant circumflex artery, and LV circulation: left anterior descending artery and circumflex artery?