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 …

Although thoracic surgery is understood to confer a high risk of postoperative respiratory
complications, the substantial haemodynamic challenges posed are less well appreciated …

Effects of norepinephrine and dobutamine on pressure load-in... : Critical Care Medicine Effects
of norepinephrine and dobutamine on pressure load-induced right ventricular failure* : Critical …

Aims To investigate the physiological adaptation of the right ventricle (RV) in response to
endurance training and to define reference values for regional deformation in the RV in …

Objective: A transient increase in pulmonary arterial (PA) pressure can persistently depress
right ventricular (RV) contractility. We investigated the effects of dobutamine and …

The primary purpose of the right ventricle and pulmonary circulation is gas exchange.
Because gas exchange occurs in thin, highly permeable alveolar membranes, pulmonary …

The clinical evaluation of right ventricular (RV) contractility is problematic because
instantaneous RV volumetry is difficult to achieve. Our aim was to test whether global RV …

Until recently, the right ventricle (RV) received little attention in adult patients with congenital
heart disease and even less attention in the setting of acquired heart failure. However, in the …

Rationale: Prostacyclin therapy improves patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, but
whether this is attributable to an improved inotropic state of the right ventricle in addition to a …

PURPOSE: This study was designed to investigate the effects of repeat bolus absolute
ethanol injections on cardiopulmonary hemodynamic changes during ethanol …