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Evaluation of Right Heart Failure: Controversies in Definitions and Methods of Evaluation

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Right Ventricular Hypertrophy and Function in Chronic Lung Disease

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The main function of the right ventricle (RV) is to maintain pressure in the very distensible venous system at a low level, i.e. significantly below the plasma oncotic pressure.1,2 When the RV does not serve this function adequately, severe peripheral venous congestion and oedema supervene. The normal RV has been said to be more of a conduit than a pump.3 It is the ability of the RV to generate the required stroke volume sufficient to maintain adequate cardiac output (volume pump), rather than its ability to generate pressure (pressure pump), that characterizes the function of the RV.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, S. Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan, Italy

    M. Morpurgo

  2. Institute of Physiological Regulations, Bulovka Hospital, Prague, Czechoslovakia

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  2. Department of Cardiology, S. Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan, Italy

    M. Morpurgo

  3. Division of Cardiology, Clinica del Lavoro Foundation, Institute of Care and Research, Medical Center of Rehabilitation, Montescano, Pavia, Italy

    R. Tramarin

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Morpurgo, M., Ježek, V. (1992). Evaluation of Right Heart Failure: Controversies in Definitions and Methods of Evaluation. In: Ježek, V., Morpurgo, M., Tramarin, R. (eds) Right Ventricular Hypertrophy and Function in Chronic Lung Disease. Current Topics in Rehabilitation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3853-2_7

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