The Right Heart

This heavily revised second edition of this critical book details the structure, function and imaging of the normal right heart both at rest and under the stresses of high altitude and exercise. Extensively revised chapters cover the pathophysiology and pathobiology of right heart dysfunction, both in experimental models and human disease, including congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension.

The Right Heart provides a concise up-to-date guide on the latest advances in our understanding of role of the right heart in the cardiopulmonary circuit and is an indispensable up-to-date resource for clinicians interested in this topic.

Part 1: Physiology, Pathology and Pathobiology. - Function of the Right Ventricle. - Right ventricular pathobiology. - Experimental models of right heart dysfunction. - Left-right ventricular interactions. - Part 2: Imaging the Right Heart. - Chapter 5: MRI of the normal and abnormal right ventricle at rest. - Right ventricular structure and function during exercise. - Echocardiography of the normal and abnormal Right Heart. - Part 3: Causes of right heart dysfunction. - Volume overload and the right heart. - The right heart in pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. - Left heart failure and its effects on the right heart. - Cor Pulmonale. - High altitude and the right ventricle. - The right ventricle in congenital heart disease. - The right heart and acute pulmonary embolism. - Right ventricular cardiomyopathies. - Part 3: Treatment of right heart dysfunction. - Right heart reverse remodelling during treatment for pulmonary hypertension. - Acute right heart failure in the intensive care unit. - Cardiac and lung transplantation and the right heart. - Arrhythmias in Right Heart Failure due to pulmonary hypertension. - Atrial septostomy and Potts Procedure. - Part 4: Future perspectives. - Treating the right ventricle directly in pulmonary hypertension.