Abstract
Forward flow from the right ventricle into the pulmonary artery continues longer than contraction in the right ventricular free wall. The momentum of blood flow, contraction of other areas of the right ventricular free wall, and movement of the interventricular septum are possible mechanisms regulating late right ventricular ejection. In this study the changes in shortening in right ventricular free wall and in free wall to septum distance were measured using sonomicrometry. Right ventricular free wall shortening was studied in both outflow and inflow regions in hoop and apex to base axes. Pulmonary artery flow was simultaneously measured using an electromagnetic flowmeter. Right ventricular free wall in the hoop axis was motionless during late ejection. The inflow segment in the hoop axis stopped shortening before all other segments (p
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 244-248 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Cardiovascular Research |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1988 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Canine right ventricular free wall
- Right ventricular ejection
- Right ventricular function
- Ventricular septum
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
- Applied Mathematics
- Physiology (medical)
- Physiology
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine