Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 11 , Pages 1246-1248 , November 2009

Left Ventricular–Arterial Coupling

  • William C. Little, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: William C. Little, MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Cardiology Section, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1045
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  • Min Pu, MD, PhD

References 

  1. Little WC, Cheng CP. Left ventricular-arterial coupling in conscious dogs. Am J Physiol. 1991;261:H70–H76
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  3. Little WC. Assessment of normal and abnormal cardiac function. In:  Braunwald E,  Zipes DP,  Libby P editor. Heart disease: a textbook of cardiovascular medicine. 6th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 2001;p. 479–502
  4. Little WC, Cheng CP. Effect of exercise on left ventricular-arterial coupling assessed in the pressure-volume plane. Am J Physiol. 1993;264:H1629–H1633
  5. Nozawa T, Cheng CP, Noda T, Little WC. Effect of exercise on left ventricular mechanical efficiency in conscious dogs. Circulation. 1994;90:3047–3054
  6. Borlaug BA, Kass DA. Ventricular-vascular interaction in heart failure. Heart Fail Clin. 2008;4:23–36
  7. Ohte N, Cheng CP, Little WC. Tachycardia exacerbates abnormal left ventricular-arterial coupling in heart failure. Heart Vessels. 2003;18:136–141
  8. Binkley PF, Van Fossen DB, Nunziata E, Unverferth DV, Leier CV. Influence of positive inotropic therapy on pulsatile hydraulic load and ventricular-vascular coupling in congestive heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1990;15:1127–1135
  9. Ahmet I, Krawczyk M, Heller P, Moon C, Lakatta EG, Talan MI. Beneficial effects of chronic pharmacological manipulation of beta-adrenoreceptor subtype signaling in rodent dilated ischemic cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2004;110:1083–1090
  10. Antonini-Canterin F, Enache R, Popescu BA, Popescu AC, Ginghina C, Leiballi E, et al. Prognostic value of ventricular-arterial coupling and B-type natriuretic peptide in patients after myocardial infarction. A five-year follow-up study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009;22:1239–1245
  11. Chen CH, Fetics B, Nevo E, Rochitte CE, Chiou KR, Ding PYA, et al. Noninvasive single-beat determination of left ventricular end-systolic elastance in humans. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001;38:2028–2034

PII: S0894-7317(09)00885-2

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.09.023

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 11 , Pages 1246-1248 , November 2009

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