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Right ventricular failure may be defined as the inability of the right ventricle of the heart to
provide adequate blood flow through the pulmonary circulation at a normal central venous …

Isolated acute refractory right ventricular failure is extremely uncommon. There are greater
prospects of seeing a right dominant biventricular failure, as the two ventricular chambers …

The results of an electronic search of the literature of the last three decades underscore the
lack of attention paid to right ventricular form and function, publications concerning the left …

Right ventricular (RV) failure is a complex problem with poor outcomes. Diagnosis requires
a high degree of clinical suspicion, because many of the signs and symptoms of this …

The prognostic significance of the right ventricle (RV) has recently been recognised in
several conditions, primarily those involving the left ventricle, the lungs and their vascular …

Acute right ventricular (RV) failure is a complex clinical syndrome that results from many
causes. Research efforts have disproportionately focused on the failing left ventricle, but …

Acute failure of the right ventricle is a common challenge in the intensive care unit that is
associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Although often a complication of left …

Six patients with acute myocardial infarction presented with hemodynamic evidence of
predominant right ventricular failure, characterized by a mean right atrial pressure averaging …

The description of right ventricular myocardial infarction appeared more than 60 years ago,
1 yet for decades it was not considered an important clinical entity, in large part because of …