title: The right ventricle in pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a term used to classify a variety of conditions that share in common an injury to the pulmonary vasculature that produces elevations in pulmonary arterial pressure. However, it is the integrity of right ventricular function, rather than the degree of vascular injury, that is the major determinant of symptoms and survival in PAH. The article will review the normal structure and function of the right ventricle and summarize the impact of PAH and its treatments on right ventricular function.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Nick H S
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Lewis J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D000077300:Bosentan; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016276:Ventricular Function
chemical_list: D013449:Sulfonamides; D011464:Epoprostenol; D000077300:Bosentan