Restrictive right ventricular physiology: Its presence and symptomatic contribution in patients with pulmonary Valvular stenosis


LAM Y. Y., KAYA M. G., Goktekin O., Gatzoulis M. A., Lİ W., HENEİN M.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.50, sa.15, ss.1491-1497, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Objectives The aim of this study was to examine whether restrictive right ventricular (RV) physiology (the presence of antegrade pulmonary arterial flow in late diastole) occurred in patients with moderate to severe isolated pulmonary valvular stenosis (PVS) and to estimate its prevalence and relationship to RV function and patient symptoms.