The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Right ventricular (RV) dilation or dysfunction in patients hospitalized with acute ...

In a study of more than 8000 consecutive ambulatory and hospitalized patients with a broad spectrum of cardiopulmonary disease who underwent right heart catheterization in a Boston hospital, obesity ...

Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction has previously been linked to symptoms and mortality in pulmonary hypertension (PH), as well as in other conditions, and RV function plays an important role in ...

During embryonic development, the right ventricle is formed from the secondary heart field into a crescent-shaped, thin-walled structure. 6 It is the most anterior heart chamber, sitting just beneath ...

"This study showed that RV function, including RV strain, decreases over time despite preserved LV ejection fraction, and is associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes. RV function may be more ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More advanced right ventricular remodeling prior to cardiac resynchronization therapy for chronic HF was ...

Echocardiographic assessments, especially right heart metrics, are crucial for predicting mortality in PAH patients. Key indicators like tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular function ...

Two inhaled pulmonary vasodilators worked similarly in preventing postoperative right ventricular (RV) failure after major cardiac surgery for advanced heart failure, according to a randomized study, ...