Key result
This review summarizes the pathophysiology, causes, clinical features, and diagnostic work-up of acute right heart failure, with an emphasis on the role of echocardiography.
Why the study?
Knowledge regarding right-sided heart failure has historically been limited compared to left-sided failure, and management of acute right ventricular failure remains challenging.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the pathophysiology, clinical features, and diagnostic work-up of acute right ventricular failure, highlighting the critical role of echocardiography.
Offers synthesized overview for acute right heart failure; leaves open prospective validation of echocardiography protocols.
Right ventricular function is one of the important predictors of survival in heart failure patients. In the past, there has been only limited knowledge regarding right-sided heart failure when compared to left-sided failure. However, there are more emerging data in recent years, and several studies have emphasized the unique features of the right ventricle regarding its anatomy, pathophysiology, clinical consequences, diagnostic modalities, and treatment options. Despite that, management of acute right ventricular failure is still challenging. This article summarizes an overview of acute right heart failure including pathophysiology, causes, clinical features, and diagnostic work-up with emphasis on the role of echocardiography.
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Tun et al. (2023) conducted a review in Acute right ventricular failure. This review summarizes the pathophysiology, causes, clinical features, and diagnostic work-up of acute right heart failure, with an emphasis on the role of echocardiography.
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