Characterizing the Right Ventricle: Advancing Our Knowledge

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 110; no. 6; pp. S3 - S8
• Main Authors: Chin, Kelly M., Coghlan, Gerry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.09.2012
• Subjects: Animals; Cardiovascular; Disease Models, Animal; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Heart Ventricles - anatomy & histology; Heart Ventricles - embryology; Humans; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - physiopathology; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology; Ventricular Function, Right - physiology

Our ability to evaluate the right ventricle (RV) in pulmonary hypertension has traditionally been quite limited: the RV's complex anatomy is not adequately represented by 2-dimensional imaging, and our understanding of what is an adaptive and maladaptive RV response is incomplete. However, meas...