Treatment of right ventricular dysfunction in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Theoretical considerations
Received 9 March 2009; accepted 12 March 2009. published online 27 May 2009.
Summary
Significant progress has been made in the medical therapy of pulmonary hypertension in recent years, but long term results are still disappointing. We describe the theoretical underpinnings of a surgical procedure which we suggest might prevent or delay the occurrence of right ventricular failure and thereby improve long-term survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension. This is a hypothesis which could be tested in an animal model of this condition.
aPulmonary Hypertension Clinic, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States
bDepartment of Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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