Faces of Right Ventricular Failure, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics

by James A. Goldstein MD, Jonathan D. Rich MD

Overview

Although heart failure typically begins with the left side of the heart, it is also important for cardiologists to understand right-sided heart failure, which is the inability of the right side of the heart to adequately pump venous blood into the pulmonary circulation. Right heart failure causes a back-up of fluid in the body, resulting in swelling and edema. This issue covers the normal right ventricle (RV), imaging of the RV, RV failure in a variety of settings, and tratmen tof RV failure, including interventions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455743926
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	05/28/2012
Series:	The Clinics: Internal Medicine , #30
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	960
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Beaumont Heart Center
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL