Source: International Congress 2018 – On the right path: understanding and improving the function of an overloaded right heart ventricle
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases



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J. Groeneveldt (Amsterdam, Netherlands), C. Van Der Bruggen (Amsterdam, Netherlands), P. Trip (Amsterdam, Netherlands), N. Westerhof (Amsterdam, Netherlands), B. Westerhof (Amsterdam, Netherlands), A. Vonk-Noordergraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands), F. De Man (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Young males with pulmonary arterial hypertension have a high afterload and low right ventricular ejection fraction at presentation. 1637

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