This thesis represents an important milestone of my life. I am the kind of person who used to
do everything by the book, so doing a PhD was extremely difficult for me at the beginning …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review attempts to summarize the role of standard and
advanced echocardiographic techniques together with CMR in the evaluation of the RV in …

In patients with advanced heart failure, the main focus has traditionally been placed on the
functional assessment of the left ventricle. Therefore, the current body of literature examining …

BACKGROUND: The presence of right ventricular systolic dysfunction is known to
significantly worsen prognosis of patients with heart failure. However, the prognostic impact …

It has taken a long time for the prognostic needle to shift, but there seems to be a plethora of
evidence supporting the premise that right ventricular (RV) measures provide the best …

Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of death and hospitalization, imposing a heavy burden,
not only on patients and their families, but also on society. 1, 2 In recent years, various …

Background Few studies have evaluated the right ventricle systolic function in different
categories of heart failure despite its effect on outcomes. Methods and results Single-centre …

To the Editor: We read with great interest the work by Park et al. 1 These authors have
undertaken the quest of refining current risk assessment tools to enhance identification of …

Background Right ventricular (RV) function is currently being evaluated solely according to
the properties of RV myocardium. We have tested a concept that in patients with heart failure …

The RV has historically been underrepresented in the medical literature exploring cardiac
structure, function, and pathophysiology. Early research fostered the misconception that the …