Right ventricular systolic function in hypertensive heart failure

Right ventricular systolic function in hypertensive heart failure

BACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) is a major cause of cardiovascular admissions and hypertensive heart failure (HHF) is the most common cause of HF admissions in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria inclusive. Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is being increasingly recognized in HF and found to be an independent predictor of adverse outcomes in HF. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of RV systoli...

Predictors of right ventricular function as measured by tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion in heart failure

INTRODUCTION Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) has independent prognostic value in heart failure patients but may be influenced by left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction. The present study assessed the association of TAPSE and clinical factors, global and regional LV function in 634 patients admitted for symptomatic heart failure. METHODS & RESULTS TAPSE were correlated with...

Preserved Left Ventricular, Systolic Function in Clinical Congestive Heart Failure

Soluble ST2 correlates with some indicators of right ventricular function in hypertensive heart failure

PURPOSE ST2 receptor, which is a member of the Toll-like/interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor family, has been found to be increased in the serum of patients 1 day after myocardial infarction. Several other studies have shown that soluble ST2 levels correlate with severity of heart failure (HF), left ventricular ejection fraction, creatinine clearance, B-type natriuretic peptide and C-reactive protein...

Role of right ventricular systolic function on long-term outcome in patients with newly diagnosed systolic heart failure.

BACKGROUND Right ventricular (RV) systolic function has been recognized as a prognostic factor in endstage heart failure (HF) patients and in the present study we evaluated the effect of this dysfunction on prognosis in patients with newly-diagnosed systolic HF. METHODS AND RESULTS We enrolled 180 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed systolic HF (ischemic or dilated cardiomyopathy). Echo...