Heart Rate Reduction Improves Right Ventricular Function and Fibrosis in Pulmonary Hypertension

Authors :: Ryota Ebata
Mark K. Friedberg
Kenichi Okumura
Wolfgang M. Kuebler
Ryo Ishii
Yohei Akazawa
Mei Sun
Manpreet Malhi
Tao Fujioka
Osami Honjo
Jason T. Maynes
Hideyuki Kato
Golam Kabir
Kim A. Connelly
Source :: American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 63:843-855
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: American Thoracic Society, 2020.
Abstract: The potential benefit of heart rate reduction (HRR), independent of β-blockade, on right ventricular (RV) function in pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains undecided. We studied HRR effects on RV fib...

Subjects :: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Ventricular function
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Clinical Biochemistry
Cell Biology
medicine.disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Fibrosis
Internal medicine
Heart rate
Cardiology
Medicine
business
human activities
Molecular Biology
Reduction (orthopedic surgery)

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