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Noninvasive Assessment of the Right Ventricular Filling Pressure Gradient
Author(s) -
Cristina Cortina,
Javier Bermejo,
Raquel Yotti,
Manuel Desco,
Daniel Rodríguez Pérez,
J. C. Antoranz,
José Luis RojoÁlvarez,
Damien Garcia,
Miguel Ángel García Fernández,
Francisco FernándezAvilés
Publication year - 2007
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.107.691154
Subject(s) - preload , medicine , cardiology , afterload , dilated cardiomyopathy , ventricle , diastole , lusitropy , population , blood pressure , heart failure , hemodynamics , environmental health
The physiological basis of right ventricular (RV) diastolic function remains incompletely studied in humans. The driving force responsible for RV filling, the pressure gradient along the RV inlet from the right atrium to the RV apex, has never been measured in the clinical setting.

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