The Right Ventricle in Health and Disease
The Right Ventricle in Health and Disease provides a comprehensive and up-to-date database and collection of the available information which describes the structure and function of the normal right ventricle. The right ventricular performance and functio
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Norbert F. Voelkel Dietmar Schranz Editors
The Right Ventricle in Health and Disease
Respiratory Medicine Series Editor: Sharon I.S. Rounds
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Norbert F. Voelkel • Dietmar Schranz Editors
The Right Ventricle in Health and Disease
Editors Norbert F. Voelkel, M.D. Department of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA, USA
Dietmar Schranz, M.D. Pediatric Heart Center Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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Preface
The consensus of the working group is that the role of the right ventricle in a spectrum of cardiovascular diseases has been relatively neglected proportionate to its central importance. Advancing knowledge through research about the unique genetic, molecular, cellular, and functional characteristics of the right ventricl
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