title: Myocardial metabolic improvement prior to electrocardiographic or volumetric changes of the right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan. ntahara@med.kurume-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Munehisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bekki
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Jiahui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Eita
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiminori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Sachiyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Igata
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukumoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18