Right Atrial and Ventricular Adaptation to Chronic Right Ventricular Pressure Overload
Author(s) -
Sydney L. Gaynor,
Hersh S. Maniar,
Jeffrey B. Bloch,
Paul Steendijk,
Marc R. Moon
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.517789
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , contractility , ventricle , pressure overload , pulmonary artery , volume overload , pulmonary hypertension , atrium (architecture) , diastole , ventricular pressure , blood pressure , heart failure , atrial fibrillation , cardiac hypertrophy
Increased mortality in patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension has been associated with elevated right atrial (RA) pressure. However, little is known about the effects of chronic right ventricular (RV) pressure overload on RA and RV dynamics or the adaptive response of the right atrium to maintain RV filling.
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