Why the study?
Does ligation of the aortocaval fistula improve cardiopulmonary morphometric functions in rats with flow-induced pulmonary hypertension?
Population
Rats with flow-induced pulmonary hypertension
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Suggests shunt correction may reverse experimental PH remodeling in rats; leaves open human translation and clinical relevance.
Does ligation of the aortocaval fistula improve cardiopulmonary morphometric functions in rats with flow-induced pulmonary hypertension?
Correction of a systemic left-to-right shunt in a rat model reverses right ventricular and pulmonary artery remodeling by inducing transdifferentiation of pulmonary VSMCs to contractile phenotypes and modulating inflammatory cytokines.
Hsu et al. (2016) studied this question.
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