Background Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction leads to an increase in pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and potentially right ...

There is a semilunar valve where the aorta leaves the left ventricle and another where the pulmonary artery leaves the right ventricle. Blood vessels leading into and out of the heart There are ...

There is a semilunar valve where the aorta leaves the left ventricle and another where the pulmonary artery leaves the right ventricle. Blood vessels leading into and out of the heart There are ...

Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Valvular heart disease, sometimes called heart valve disease, is when one or more ...

X-ray examination of the heart revealed enlargement of the left atrium in 9 subjects and of the right ventricle in 7, and a prominent pulmonary-artery segment in 8. The left ventricle was ...

PAH is a multifactorial disease characterized by vascular remodeling that arises due to the uncontrolled proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth ... stress on the right ventricle.

By means of right-sided cardiac-catheterization ... to produce a prompt reduction in the pulmonary-artery hypertension associated with failure of the left ventricle. In the 3 patients of the ...

Cardiac function is limited by the performance of its weakest ventricle, meaning that even in contexts ... Our group uses two models of right heart failure- high altitude induced pulmonary ...