Lowering Pulmonary Wedge Pressure after Heart Transplant: Pulmonary Compliance and Resistance Effect

Abstract Background: Right ventricular (RV) afterload is an important risk factor for post-heart transplantation (HTx) mortality, and it results from the interaction between pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and pulmonary compliance (CPA). Their product, the RC time, is believed to be constant. An...

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Published in:	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Main Authors:	Nádia Moreira, Rui Baptista, Susana Costa, Fátima Franco, Mariano Pêgo, Manuel Antunes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2015-01-01
Subjects:	Transplante de Coração Pressão Propulsora Pulmonar / fisiologia Complacência Pulmonar Resistência Vascular
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2015005050083&lng=en&tlng=en