Right ventricular (RV) geometry is altered by septal shift after pulmonary artery banding. This may reduce tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and improve ventricular function in patients with corrected transposition of great arteries and systemic right ventricle. However, banding is risky in sick patients with severe RV failure. There are no predictive models in clinical practice to test this septal ...

Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are used to manage patients with end-stage heart failure. Protection of right ventricular (RV) function is important during LVAD implantation, but sometimes patients require temporary RV support. We describe the technique of LVAD implantation under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) we use in our center. This technique allows soft ...

The complex geometry and structure of the right ventricular (RV) cavity make the assessment of RV function and volumes by 2-dimensional (2D) echocardiography arduous. Highly trabeculated endocardial border and bellows-like contractile pattern are not explicitly imaged by 2D echocardiography. Furthermore, the retrosternal position of the right ventricle hinders its visualization, and minimal cha...

BACKGROUND Right ventricular (RV) shape and function serves as an indicator in several types of heart disease such as arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD). However, there is no in-depth knowledge of RV motion, even in healthy subjects. The aim of our study was to provide a quantitative analysis of normal variations in RV wall motion in healthy subjects by cardiac magnetic resonance...

Background Volumetric assessment of the right ventricle (RV) by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR), albeit time-consuming, provides accurate and reproducible measurement of RV ejection fraction (RVEF). Tricuspid annulus peak systolic excursion (TAPSE) is a predominantly Echo-validated rapidly-derived surrogate of RV function. Correlations between RVEF and systolic changes in annulo-apical angles ...

Fig. 1. Coronal view of a re-formatted CT scan image with contrast showing the right ventricle (RV), left ventricle (LV), and a pericardial haematoma (PH). ‘L’ represents the level of the rupture of the myocardial abscess and its connection to the pericardial space. Fig. 2. CT 3-D reconstruction with contrast showing the right ventricle (RV), left ventricle (LV), and the pericardial haematoma (...

Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a common long-term complication in patients after repair of congenital heart disease. Previous investigators have examined the cellular and molecular mechanisms of left ventricular (LV) remodeling, but little is known about the stressed RV. Our purpose was to provide a detailed physiologic characterization of a model of RV hypertrophy and failure, including...

Van der Hulst et al. 9 used three-dimensional echocardiography in post-operative TOF patients. They could show that the RV apex was the most significantly remodelled part of the RV; however, the local ejection fraction was preserved. A significant reduction in the regional RV apical function was also described in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and after atrial septal defect closu...

BACKGROUND Left heart failure is characterized by alterations in metabolic substrate utilization, and metabolic modulation may be a future strategy in the management of heart failure. Little is known about cardiac metabolism in the right ventricle and how it relates to other measures of right ventricular (RV) function. This study was designed to measure glucose metabolism in the right ventricle...

Background—Left heart failure is characterized by alterations in metabolic substrate utilization, and metabolic modulation may be a future strategy in the management of heart failure. Little is known about cardiac metabolism in the right ventricle and how it relates to other measures of right ventricular (RV) function. This study was designed to measure glucose metabolism in the right ventricle...