Institute Working Group on Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Right Heart Failure Right Ventricular Function and Failure : Report of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Smart, McGoon, Daniel R. Meldrum, Jocelyn Dupuis, Carlin S. Long, Lewis J. Rubin, Frank W. Norbert F. Voelkel, Robert A. Quaife, Leslie A. Leinwand, Robyn J. Barst, Michael D. Institute Working Group on Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Right Heart Failure Right Ventricular Function and Failure : Report of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2006 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Circulation doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.632208 2006;114:1883-1891 Circulation. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/114/17/1883 World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is located on the

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