Current understanding of the right ventricle structure and function in pulmonary arterial hypertension

D Sharifi Kia, K Kim, MA Simon - Frontiers in physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a disease resulting in increased right ventricular
(RV) afterload and RV remodeling. PAH results in altered RV structure and function at …

Pathophysiology of acute and chronic right heart failure

RA Thandavarayan, KR Chitturi… - Cardiology …, 2020 - cardiology.theclinics.com
Right-sided heart failure (RHF) occurs from impaired contractility of the right ventricle (RV)
caused by pressure, volume overload, or intrinsic myocardial contractile dysfunction leading …

Angiotensin receptor‐neprilysin inhibition attenuates right ventricular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension

D Sharifi Kia, E Benza, TN Bachman… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) results in increased right ventricular (RV)
afterload and ventricular remodeling. Sacubitril/valsartan (sac/val) is a dual acting drug …

Right ventricular architectural remodeling and functional adaptation in pulmonary hypertension

EA Mendiola, D da Silva Gonçalves Bos… - Circulation: Heart …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Global indices of right ventricle (RV) function provide limited insights into
mechanisms underlying RV remodeling in pulmonary hypertension (PH). While RV …

An image-driven micromechanical approach to characterize multiscale remodeling in infarcted myocardium

EA Mendiola, S Neelakantan, Q Xiang, S Xia, J Zhang… - Acta biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction (MI) is accompanied by the formation of a fibrotic scar in the left
ventricle (LV) and initiates significant alterations in the architecture and constituents of the …

Simulation of the 3D hyperelastic behavior of ventricular myocardium using a finite-element based neural-network approach

W Zhang, DS Li, T Bui-Thanh, MS Sacks - Computer methods in applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-fidelity cardiac models using attribute-rich finite element based models have been
developed to a very mature stage. However, such finite-element based approaches remain …

Right ventricular myocardial mechanics: Multi-modal deformation, microstructure, modeling, and comparison to the left ventricle

S Kakaletsis, WD Meador, M Mathur, GP Sugerman… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The right ventricular myocardium, much like the rest of the right side of the heart, has been
consistently understudied. Presently, little is known about its mechanics, its microstructure …

A contemporary look at biomechanical models of myocardium

R Avazmohammadi, JS Soares, DS Li… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Understanding and predicting the mechanical behavior of myocardium under healthy and
pathophysiological conditions are vital to developing novel cardiac therapies and promoting …

Oxidative stress and its implications in the right ventricular remodeling secondary to pulmonary hypertension

M Mikhael, C Makar, A Wissa, T Le, M Eghbali… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a pulmonary vascular disease characterized by increased
pulmonary artery pressures. Long standing pulmonary arterial pressure overload leads to …

Untangling the mechanisms of pulmonary arterial hypertension-induced right ventricular stiffening in a large animal model

S Kakaletsis, M Malinowski, JC Snider, M Mathur… - Acta biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) is a devastating disease with low survival rates. In PHT,
chronic pressure overload leads to right ventricle (RV) stiffening; thus, impeding diastolic …