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Right atrial ischemia exacerbates hemodynamic compromise associated with experimental right ventricular dysfunction

J A Goldstein1, J S Tweddell, B Barzilai

  • 1Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.

Summary

Acute right ventricular dysfunction impairs cardiac output. However, the right atrium initially compensates by increasing contractility before ischemia depresses its function.

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