- Original Article
- Effects of Main Pulmonary Artery Constriction on the Right Ventricle in Rabbits
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Chan Uhno Joo, Dong Geun Lee
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(8):1087-1092. Published online August 15, 1995
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Purpose : constriction or banding of the pulmonary artery tocreate pulmonalry artery stenosis is a palliative procedure designed to limit pulmonary blood flow in congenital cardiac malformation with unrestricted shunt flow from the systemic to pulmonary circuit.
Increased pressure-load with the procedure results in ventricular hypertrophy in right ventricle. We studied effects of the pulmonary artery constriction on the right ventricle... |
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