Acute right heart failure: pathophysiology, recognition, and pharmacological management.
Acute RV failure is an increasingly more common clinical entity and problem. A good understanding of the pathophysiology is required to develop a treatment strategy. Principles of treatment outlined include optimizing RV preload, cautiously reducing RV afterload, and enhancing RV contractility.
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario, Canada.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*
D014665:Vasodilator Agents