Interventricular mechanical asynchrony due to right ventricular pressure overload in pulmonary hypertension plays an important role in impaired left ventricular filling.
Vonk-Noordegraaf
Anton
A
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. A.Vonk@vumc.nl
Marcus
Johan T
JT
Gan
C Tji
CT
Boonstra
Anco
A
Postmus
Pieter E
PE
D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology*