Pilot study shows right ventricular diastolic function impairment in young children with obstructive respiratory disease.

S MantiGiuseppe Fabio ParisiV GiacchiP SciaccaL TardinoC CuppariC SalpietroA ChikermaneS Leonardi

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2018)

This study showed that children with obstructive respiratory diseases had a major risk of cardiovascular impairment. Impaired diastolic function of the right ventricle occurred very early when airway resistance was abnormally increased.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
blood pressure
young adults
ejection fraction
mitral valve
pulmonary hypertension
heart failure
congenital heart disease