Pathophysiologic Implications of the Helical Ventricular Myocardial Band: Considerations for Right Ventricular Restoration
| Autor: | Gerald D. Buckberg, Mark Plunkett |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart Ventricles Ventricular Dysfunction Right Fiber orientation Increased pulmonary vascular resistance Spatial geometry Free wall Constriction Internal medicine Myocardial fiber Heart Septum medicine Humans Cardiac Surgical Procedures business.industry Myocardium Stroke Volume Anatomy Myocardial Contraction Pathophysiology medicine.anatomical_structure Ventricle Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Cardiology Surgery Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual. 10:68-75 |
| ISSN: | 1092-9126 |
| DOI: | 10.1053/j.pcsu.2007.01.011 |
| Popis: | This chapter describes the structure/function relationships of the right ventricle (RV), and shows how the geometry of the helical ventricular myocardial band model defines spatial geometry of the free wall and septum that underlie dynamic action. Myocardial fiber orientation is the keynote to performance in health and disease. The transverse geometry of the RV free wall allows constriction (bellows-type motion), whereas oblique septal fiber orientation and midline septal position is essential for ventricular twisting, the vital mechanism for RV ejection against increased pulmonary vascular resistance. Therefore, the septum is considered "the lion or motor of RV performance." Distortion of such normal structure/function relationships underlies the pathophysiologic mechanisms of RV failure. Operative methods that restore normal myocardial fiber orientation are described to outline evolving surgical techniques for the surgical treatment of RV failure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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