Right Ventricular Hypertrophy

Known as: RVH, Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular, right ventricular enlargement 
Enlargement of the RIGHT VENTRICLE of the heart. This increase in ventricular mass is often attributed to PULMONARY HYPERTENSION and is a contributor… (More)
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Right ventricular diastolic impairment in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
BACKGROUND The role of right ventricular (RV) diastolic stiffness in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is not well… (More)
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Right heart adaptation to pulmonary arterial hypertension: physiology and pathobiology.
Survival in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is closely related to right ventricular (RV) function. Although… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Chronic pulmonary artery pressure elevation is insufficient to explain right heart failure.
BACKGROUND The most important determinant of longevity in pulmonary arterial hypertension is right ventricular (RV) function, but… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase improves impaired cardiac function and electrical remodeling in two models of right ventricular hypertrophy: resuscitating the hibernating right…
Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) and RV failure contribute to morbidity and mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Phosphodiesterase type 5 is highly expressed in the hypertrophied human right ventricle, and acute inhibition of phosphodiesterase type 5 improves contractility.
BACKGROUND Sildenafil was recently approved for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. The beneficial effects of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Heterozygous deficiency of hypoxia-inducible factor-2alpha protects mice against pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction during prolonged hypoxia.
Chronic hypoxia induces pulmonary vascular remodeling, leading to pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy, and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Impaired physiological responses to chronic hypoxia in mice partially deficient for hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha.
Chronic hypoxia induces polycythemia, pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy, and weight loss. Hypoxia-inducible… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Sustained pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy after chronic hypoxia in mice with congenital deficiency of nitric oxide synthase 3.
Chronic hypoxia induces pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy. Nitric oxide (NO) has been proposed to… (More)
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
High-dose calcium channel-blocking therapy for primary pulmonary hypertension: evidence for long-term reduction in pulmonary arterial pressure and regression of right ventricular hypertrophy.
In an attempt to produce substantial reductions in pulmonary arterial pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance in patients with… (More)
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Morphometry of exercise-induced right ventricular hypertrophy in the rat.
In our morphometric study of the effects of exercise on the heart, male Wistar-Kyoto rats at 5 weeks of age were subjected daily… (More)
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