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Right ventricle dysfunction marks poor prognosis in heart failure regardless of left ventricular dysfunction, but specific and effective therapies remain poorly defined.
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This review highlights the prognostic importance of right ventricular dysfunction in chronic heart failure and the ongoing challenge of defining specific and effective therapies.
There is growing attention for the study of the right ventricle in cardiovascular disease and in particular in heart failure. In this clinical setting, right ventricle dysfunction is a significant marker of poor prognosis, regardless of the degree of left ventricular dysfunction. Novel echocardiographic methods allow for obtaining a more complete evaluation of the right ventricle anatomy and function as well as of the related abnormalities in filling pressures. Specific and effective therapies for the right ventricle dysfunction are still not well defined and this represents the most difficult and important challenge. This article focuses on available diagnostic techniques for studying right ventricle dysfunction as well as on the therapies for right ventricle dysfunction.
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Monitillo et al. (2020) studied this question.
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