Pulmonary vascular remodeling and right heart failure in pulmonary hypertension: future role of positron emission tomography in decoding the enigma

Whereas the insights into the cellular and molecular mechanisms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and associated right heart failure have increased in recent years, there is a lack of clinical tools to assess the pathobiological mechanisms in patients. Positron emission tomography (PET) provi...

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Main Authors: Harms, Hendrik J, van de Veerdonk, Mariƫlle C, Lammertsma, Adriaan A, Noordegraaf, Anton Vonk, Bogaard, Harm Jan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4715170/