Assessment of right ventricular metabolism: An emerging tool for monitoring pulmonary artery hypertension

Attila Feher¹, Albert J Sinusas^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208017, Dana 3, New Haven, CT, 06520-8017, USA.
² Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208017, Dana 3, New Haven, CT, 06520-8017, USA. albert.sinusas@yale.edu.
³ Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. albert.sinusas@yale.edu.

Editorial

Attila Feher et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;24(6):1990-1993.

doi: 10.1007/s12350-016-0695-9. Epub 2016 Nov 18.

Attila Feher¹, Albert J Sinusas^{2

3}

¹ Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208017, Dana 3, New Haven, CT, 06520-8017, USA.
² Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208017, Dana 3, New Haven, CT, 06520-8017, USA. albert.sinusas@yale.edu.
³ Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. albert.sinusas@yale.edu.

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Effects of an endothelin receptor antagonist, Macitentan, on right ventricular substrate utilization and function in a Sugen 5416/hypoxia rat model of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Drozd K, Ahmadi A, Deng Y, Jiang B, Petryk J, Thorn S, Stewart D, Beanlands R, deKemp RA, DaSilva JN, Mielniczuk LM. Drozd K, et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec;24(6):1979-1989. doi: 10.1007/s12350-016-0663-4. Epub 2016 Sep 29. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017. PMID: 27688036

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