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Right ventricular phenotype, function, and failure: a journey from evolution to clinics.
Heart failure reviews - 1 Nov 2021
Taverne Yannick J H J, Sadeghi Amir, Bartelds Beatrijs, Bogers Ad J J C, Merkus Daphne
Abstract excerpt
The right ventricle has long been perceived as the "low pressure bystander" of the left ventricle. Although the structure consists of, at first glance, the same cardiomyocytes as the left ventricle, it is in fact derived from a different set of precursor cells and has a complex three-dimensional anatomy and a very distinct contraction pattern. Mechanisms of right ventricular failure, its detection and follow-up,...
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