Clinical ResearchPulmonary HypertensionInterventricular Mechanical Asynchrony in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Left-to-Right Delay in Peak Shortening Is Related to Right Ventricular Overload and Left Ventricular Underfilling
Pulmonary Hypertension
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
BSA
body surface area
ECG
electrocardiogram
EDV
end-diastolic volume
L-R delay
left-to-right ventricular delay in circumferential shortening
LV
left ventricle/ventricular
LVSB
leftward ventricular septal bowing
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
PAH
pulmonary arterial hypertension
PAP
pulmonary arterial pressure
RBBB
right bundle branch block
RV
right ventricle/ventricular
Tonset
time to onset of circumferential shortening
Tpeak
time to peak of circumferential shortening
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C.T. Gan was financially supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Mozaiek Grant, project number 017.001.154.
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Dr. Zwanenburg was financially supported by the Netherlands Heart Foundation, grant number NHF-2000B220.
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