Publications by authors named "Teresa M Kieser Prieur"

Background: The purpose of this study was to show the similarity between the pericardial constraint over the right and left ventricles of humans at various levels of central venous pressure (CVP) using flat Silastic balloons in the pericardial space during elective cardiac surgery.

Methods: Six subjects (aged 19-76 years) were instrumented with flat, liquid-containing Silastic balloons in the pericardial space during elective cardiac surgery. No subject had valvular disease or right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy.

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