Preserved right ventricular function but increased right atrial contractile demand in altitude-induced pulmonary hypertension.
Mahdi SarebanTabea PerzFranziska MacholzBernhard ReichPeter SchmidtSebastian FriedHeimo MairbäurlMarc M BergerJosef NiebauerPublished in: The international journal of cardiovascular imaging (2020)
Active and rapid ascent of healthy individuals to 4559 m is associated with an increased contractile performance of the RA that compensates for the increased workload of the RV.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- skeletal muscle
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- smooth muscle
- high glucose
- rheumatoid arthritis
- atrial fibrillation
- diabetic rats
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- drug induced
- left atrial
- heart failure
- endothelial cells
- coronary artery
- interstitial lung disease
- systemic sclerosis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- stress induced