The right ventricle in health and disease. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Norbert F. Voelkel, Dietmar Schranz, editors.
• Editors: Voelkel, Norbert F; Schranz, Dietmar
• Contents: Preface; Introduction; Contents; Contributors; Part I: The Normal Right Ventricle; Chapter 1: Normal Development and Morphology of the Right Ventricle: Clinical Relevance; Introduction; Cardiac Development and Impact on the RV; Positioning of the OFT: The Pulmonary Push Concept; Tricuspid Orifice Formation; Role of the Epicardium in Development of the Compact Myocardial Layer and Coronary Vascular Formation; Morphology Right Versus Left Ventricle (Fig. 1.5); Myocardial Architecture; Ventricular Septation; Clinical Considerations; References; Chapter 2: Physiology of the Right Ventricle. Introduction with Evolutionary and Historical Perspectives Do the Laws of the Heart Apply to the RV?; Systolic Function; Coupling of Systolic Function to Afterload; RV-Arterial Coupling in Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension; Pharmacology of RV-Arterial Coupling; RV-Arterial Coupling Measurements in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension; Simplified Methods for the Measurement of RV-Arterial Coupling; Volume Measurements; Pressure Measurements; Alternative Methods to Evaluate RV-Arterial Coupling; The Pump Function Graph; The Contractile Reserve. Surrogate Measurements of RV-Arterial Coupling Diastolic Function; Ventricular Interaction; A Global View on RV Failure; Perspective; What Are the Priorities?; References; Chapter 3: The Neonatal Transition of the Right Ventricle; Introduction and Overview; Fetal Right Ventricular Metabolism, Structure, and Function; Oxygen Tension, Metabolism, and Substrate Utilization; Fetal RV Structure; Fetal RV Function; Preload; Afterload; Contractility and Cardiac Output; RV Transition and Postnatal Adaptation at Birth; Neonatal RV Structure; Neonatal RV Function; Preload; Afterload. Contractility and Cardiac Output Neonatal RV Metabolism; RV Function in PPHN and Failure of Transition After Birth; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Advanced Imaging of the Right Ventricle; Overview of CMR Methods for the Study of RV Form and Function; Cine CMR for Analysis of RV Pump Function and Beyond; Phase Contrast CMR for Arterial and Intraventricular Blood Flow Analysis; Lt-Gd-Enhancement, T1-Mapping, and T1/T2 for the Study of Fibrotic Tissue, Inflammation, or Fat Infiltrates. CMR Feature Tracking, Tissue Maps, and Tagging for Measuring Tissue Deformation and Regional Wall Motion MR Spectroscopy: A Research Tool for Imaging Cell Metabolism; Angiography, 3DWH, and Diffusion-Tensor Imaging for the Assessment of Anatomy at a Macro- and Microscopic Scale; Image Based Modeling; Differential Analysis of RV Form and Function by CMR; RV Systolic Pump Function at Rest and During Stress; RV Diastolic Function; RV Performance Beyond Pump Function; RV Tissue Characterization (Including Focal and Diffuse Fibrosis) and Perfusion; Pulmonary Vascular Function; References.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Humana Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 488 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.1/2; Medicine; Heart -- Right ventricle -- Diseases; Heart Ventricles; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Medical -- Cardiology; Cardiovascular medicine; Pneumology; Cardiology; Medical -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Respiratory medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493910656; 1493910655
• Related ISBNs: 9781493910649; 1493910647
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 1, 2014).
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