Right Ventricular Function: Importance and Assessment

Autor: Norbert P. de Bruijn
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Anesthesiology and the Cardiovascular Patient ISBN: 9789401072243
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-1622-7_6
Popis: The right ventricle consists of a muscle mass approximately 15% the size of the left ventricle. It forms a crescent shaped chamber attached to the left ventricle/interventricular septum. The right ventricular chamber anatomically and functionally consists of an inflow portion, the “body,” and an outflow tract. Although the left and right ventricles appear as almost separate entities, they are bound together by common, spiraling muscle bundles (1).
Databáze: OpenAIRE