RC time (resistance × compliance) is related to residual symptom after pulmonary endarterectomy in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Background: Right ventricular (RV) afterload is widely assessed by pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). However, RV afterload is underestimated because PVR does not account for the pulsatile load. The pulsatile load is often evaluated by pulmonary arterial compliance (PAC). The RC (resistance-compli...

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Main Authors: Kenichi Yanaka, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Yu Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Onishi, Yoichiro Matsuoka, Hidekazu Nakai, Kenji Okada, Toshiro Shinke, Noriaki Emoto, Ken-ichi Hirata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235290672200080X