Cardiovascular

Investigators at Oregon Health Sciences University have published new data on cardiovascular

Published in Cardiovascular Week, August 30th, 2010

According to recent research published in the Echocardiography - a Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques, "Loss of synchronous contraction between or within the right and left ventricle (RV, LV) leads to adverse ventricular function. We used real time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) for evaluation of severity of interventricular dyssynchrony and function in a porcine heart model."

"Six fresh in vitro porcine hearts were used to create a controlled model of LV and RV dyssynchrony using two sets of pulsatile pumps. Synchronized and dyssynchronized pump settings were used with two different dyssynchronized settings: LV filled first...

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Source: Cardiovascular Week (2010-08-30)

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