May 12, 2003 — Right ventricular (RV) resynchronization therapy can improve heart function in selected patients with RV heart failure, and the technique deserves further testing in comprehensive ...

Patients who have right ventricular dysfunction around the time of TAVR have an elevated cardiovascular mortality risk 1 year later, a new study shows. The relationship was seen regardless of when RV ...

In a study of more than 8000 consecutive ambulatory and hospitalized patients with a broad spectrum of cardiopulmonary disease who underwent right heart catheterization in a Boston hospital, obesity ...

Pulmonary Circulation, Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2015), pp. 171-183 (13 pages) AbstractMany dyspneic patients who undergo computerized tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) for presumed acute pulmonary ...

"This study showed that RV function, including RV strain, decreases over time despite preserved LV ejection fraction, and is associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes. RV function may be more ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this cross-sectional study utilizing electrocardiography (ECG) and 2D echocardiography, Munje and colleagues ...

A new study suggests that physicians might be able to assess the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by analyzing right ...

WASHINGTON -- Abiomed Inc., a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today announced clinical trial results from RECOVER RIGHT, an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study of ...

Engineers developed a robotic replica of the heart's right ventricle, which mimics the beating and blood-pumping action of live hearts. The device could be used for studying right ventricle disorders ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information by sharing relevant background and reasoning ...