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Cardiovascular Research 2004 64(3):379-380; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.09.016
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Copyright © 2004, European Society of Cardiology

Nitric oxide and efficiency of the right heart

N. Westerhof*

Laboratory for Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

* Tel.: +31 20 4448111; fax: +31 20 4448255. Email address: n.westerhof@vumc.nl

Received 30 August 2004; accepted 20 September 2004

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See article by Setty et al. (pages 431–436) in this issue.

Several differences between right and left heart are known: the effect of cardiac contraction on coronary arterial inflow, autoregulation, and oxygen extraction. Setty et al. [1] show in their study the relationships between function and oxygen consumption of the right heart under control and ischemic conditions and the role of nitric oxide (NO). It turns out that these relationships also differ between left and right heart.

Coronary flow depends on perfusion pressure and cardiac oxygen consumption [2]. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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