Although heart failure typically begins with the left side of the heart, it is also important for cardiologists to understand right-sided heart failure, which is the inability of the right side of the heart to adequately pump venous blood into the pulmonary circulation. Right heart failure causes a back-up of fluid in the body, resulting in swelling and edema. This issue covers the normal right ventricle (RV), imaging of the RV, RV failure in a variety of settings, and tratmen tof RV failure, including interventions.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 5 6. Foreword - p. 6 7. Preface: Faces of Right Ventricular Failure - p. 7 8. Anatomy and Physiology of the Right Ventricle - p. 8 9. Imaging of the Right Ventricle - p. 22 10. Right Ventricular Performance in Congenital Heart Disease: A Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Perspective - p. 31 11. Acute Right Ventricular Infarction - p. 39 12. Right Ventricular Responses to Massive and Submassive Pulmonary Embolism - p. 48 13. Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Chronic Lung Disease - p. 55 14. Right Ventricular Adaptation and Maladaptation in Chronic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - p. 67 15. Right Ventricular Performance in Chronic Congestive Heart Failure - p. 75 16. Right Ventricular Failure After Cardiac Surgery - p. 84 17. Right Ventricular Failure in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices - p. 89 18. Percutaneous Mechanical Support for the Failing Right Heart - p. 98 19. Index - p. 104
Although heart failure typically begins with the left side of the heart, it is also important for cardiologists to understand right-sided heart failure, which is the inability of the right side of the heart to adequately pump venous blood into the pulmonary circulation. Right heart failure causes a back-up of fluid in the body, resulting in swelling and edema. This issue covers the normal right ventricle (RV), imaging of the RV, RV failure in a variety of settings, and tratmen tof RV failure, including interventions.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 5 6. Foreword - p. 6 7. Preface: Faces of Right Ventricular Failure - p. 7 8. Anatomy and Physiology of the Right Ventricle - p. 8 9. Imaging of the Right Ventricle - p. 22 10. Right Ventricular Performance in Congenital Heart Disease: A Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Perspective - p. 31 11. Acute Right Ventricular Infarction - p. 39 12. Right Ventricular Responses to Massive and Submassive Pulmonary Embolism - p. 48 13. Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Chronic Lung Disease - p. 55 14. Right Ventricular Adaptation and Maladaptation in Chronic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - p. 67 15. Right Ventricular Performance in Chronic Congestive Heart Failure - p. 75 16. Right Ventricular Failure After Cardiac Surgery - p. 84 17. Right Ventricular Failure in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices - p. 89 18. Percutaneous Mechanical Support for the Failing Right Heart - p. 98 19. Index - p. 104
