Tag: right ventricle

Septal papillary muscles (musculi papillares septales, MPS), similarly to other papillary muscles, areessential elements of the heart valvular system. Dam- age to their structure may lead to a considerablelife risk [5, 10]. Two groups of septal papillary muscles were distinguished, i.e. constant and variable. To the firstgroup belongs a muscle of the arterial cone (m. conti arteriosi or m. subarterialis, MCA) that always oc-curs and lies on the most anterior part of the sep- tum...

Fabry’s disease (FD) is a rare hereditary disorder caused by the loss of alpha galactosidase A activity leading to accumulationof glycosphingolipids in various organs including hypertrophy of the heart. Most reports on cardiac involvement in FD focuson the left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and its relation to diastolic function. However, recent studies demonstrated largesubset of patients with FD and right ventricle (RV) hypertophy...

A 65 year-old female was admitted with acute pulmonary embolism and hypotension. Intravenous streptokinase was administered but severe hypotension persisted. Pulmonary angiography was performed and partial recanalisation of the culprit branch was noted. Echocardiography showed severe right ventricular (RV) dysfunction and free wall akinesia...

Decreased left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) is a predictor of poor late outcome in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR). The relationship between pre-operative forward stroke volume (SV) and right heart parameters and perioperative outcome in patients with MR has been little studied...

The effect of L-arginine and L-citrulline on blood pressure and right ventricular function in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is unknown. We have therefore evaluated, in a randomized clinical trial, the effect of these aminoacids in chronic outstanding and stable patients with HFpEF...

Decreased left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) is a predictor of poor late outcome in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR). The relationship between pre-operative forward stroke volume (SV) and right heart parameters and perioperative outcome in patients with MR has been little studied...

The speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) method shows the presence of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction before the advent of RV failure and pulmonary hypertension in patients with cardiopulmonary disease. We aimed to assess subclinical RV dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) using the STE method. 

Dysfunctions of both ventricles often coexist in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. Left ventricular (LV) failure can lead to right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. Occurrence of RV failure worsens prognosis in patients with dysfunctional LV. The aim of this paper is to reflect current reference on RV performance as a consequence of developing CHF and atrial fibrillation (AF). Existing dysfunction or exposure to RV overload can be a substrate for AF occurrence as well...