Perioperative right ventricular function and dysfunction in adult cardiac surgery-focused review (part 1-anatomy, pathophysiology, and diagnosis).

ABSTRACT: Right ventricle (RV) dysfunction and failure are now increasingly recognized as an important cause of perioperative morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. Although RV dysfunction is common, RV failure is very rare (0.1%) after routine cardiac surgery. However, it occurs in 3% of patients after heart transplantation and in up to 30% of patients after left ventricular assist device implantation. Significant RV failure after cardiac surgery has high mortality. Knowledge of RV anatomy and physiology are important for understanding RV dysfunction and failure. Echocardiography and haemodynamic monitoring are the mainstays in the diagnosis of RV dysfunction and failure. While detailed echocardiography assessment of right heart function has been extensively studied and validated in the ele

SUBMITTER: Varma PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8630124 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature