For surgeons already split on their preference of inhaled pulmonary vasodilator to prevent postoperative right ventricular ...

The management of pulmonary hypertension has already incorporated the use of multiple therapies into routine practice. Available therapies act principally through vasodilatation of the pulmonary ...

This results in increased afterload on the left ventricle, an increase in systolic ... and damage to the His bundle as it perforates the right fibrous trigone. Finally there is decreased ...

4 Assessment of right ventricular function in aortic stenosis Given the complex RV geometry and interplay between preload, afterload and contractility as the determinants of its mechanical performance ...

Aims Exercise testing remains underused in patients with aortic stenosis (AS), partly due to concerns about an ...

With an unclear aetiology and the intent to decrease right ventricular afterload, pulmonary vasodilators were initiated. Follow-up imaging revealed a supravalvular mitral ring as the cause of the PH ...

The pulmonary artery dilates in response to the extra volume (systolic volume) it receives. The right ventricle compensates for the preload and afterload of the nonfunctional ventricle by contracting ...

Limitations of retroinfusion include limited protection for the right ventricle, whose venous drainage is ... outstanding systemic haemodynamic support with an increased left ventricular afterload, ...