Advanced Imaging of the Right Ventricle
Fig. 4.1 Representative intraventricular blood flow profiles of the right (RV) and left ventricle (LV) at diastole and systole in a healthy control. The main trajectories of blood flow are…
Hemodynamic Evaluation and Exercise Testing in Chronic Right Ventricular Failure
Fig. 11.1 Forssmann, Richards, and Cournand receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology. From left to right: Richards, Forssmann Cournand, and Professor Friberg. From Werner Forssmann: A Pioneer of Cardiology Original…
Physiology of the Right Ventricle
Fig. 2.1 Single beat method to measure right ventriculo-arterial coupling. Left: a maximum pressure (P max) is calculated from nonlinear extrapolation of early and late isovolumic portions of the right…
Normal Development and Morphology of the Right Ventricle: Clinical Relevance
Fig. 1.1 Cardiac development: looping and septation. Schematic representation (a, b, d and f ) and electron microscopy images (c, e, g) of different stages of heart development, from heart fields…
Atrial Septostomy
Fig. 20.1 Balloon dilation atrial septostomy. After perforation of the septum with the Brockenbrough needle, a circular-end guidewire is positioned in the left atrium (left panel). An initial dilation of…
Cardiac MRI and PET Scanning in Right Ventricular Failure
Fig. 12.1 Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) four-chamber (A 1 –C 1 ) and short-axis cine images (A 2 –C 2 ) obtained in a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension…
The Right Ventricle in Chronic Lung Diseases
Fig. 18.1 Right ventricular isovolumetric acceleration (RVIVA), right ventricular basal strain, and right ventricular myocardial performance index (RVMPI) are increased in COPD patients without pulmonary hypertension as assessed during right…
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
Type Gene Locus Prevalence Mode of inheritance ARVD1 TGFB3 14q23-q24 Rare AD ARVD2 RYR2 1q42-q43 Rare AD ARVD3 ? 14q12-q22 Unknown AD ARVD4 ? 2q32.1-q32.3 Unknown AD ARVD5 TMEM43 3p23…
The Systemic Right Ventricle in Biventricular and Univentricular Circulation
Fig. 6.1 Congenital corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (ccTGA) (a) Shows the cartoon of atrial–ventricular discordance + ventricular–arterial discordance = double discordance. (b) Depicted is four-chamber view of a ccTGA (atrioventricular discordance) with…
The Neonatal Transition of the Right Ventricle
Fig. 3.1 Physiologic changes in the right ventricle during the transition from fetal to neonatal life In addition to changes in the pulmonary circulation, the fetal myocardium also adapts rapidly…
