Background: Right ventricular (RV) adaptation to acute and chronic pulmonary hypertensive
syndromes is a significant determinant of short-and long-term outcomes. Although …

Right ventricular (RV) function has proven to be a prognostic factor in heart failure with
reduced and preserved ejection fraction and in pulmonary hypertension. RV function is also …

For this article, the literature on the pathophysiology, clinical features, natural history,
prognosis, and management of the Eisenmenger syndrome in adults was reviewed. English …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a complex, multifactorial disease in which an
increase in pulmonary vascular resistance leads to increased afterload on the right ventricle …

Background Abnormalities in right ventricular function are known to occur in patients with
pulmonary arterial hypertension. Objective Test the hypothesis that chronic elevation in …

The article focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of echocardiographic techniques,
and the methods for clinical circumstances. It mentions the conditions associated with …

Objective: Pulmonary hypertension eventually leads to severe distortion of the cardiac
geometry with consequent impact on cardiac function. The purpose of this study was to …

Organ transplantation is one of the medical miracles or the 20th century. It has the capacity
to substantially improve exercise performance and quality of life in patients who are severely …

Background: Because there are few data available on the accuracy of 2D-echocardiography
to assess right ventricular (RV) size and function in patients with far-advanced lung disease …

Background Ventricular septal flattening, frequently present in pulmonary hypertension (PH),
can be quantified using eccentricity index (EI). EI has not been evaluated by concurrent …