Main description:

This heavily revised second edition of this critical book details the structure, function and imaging of the normal right heart both at rest and under the stresses of high altitude and exercise. Extensively revised chapters cover the pathophysiology and pathobiology of right heart dysfunction, both in experimental models and human disease, including congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension.

The Right Heart provides a concise up-to-date guide on the latest advances in our understanding of role of the right heart in the cardiopulmonary circuit and is an indispensable up-to-date resource for clinicians interested in this topic.

Contents:

Part 1: Physiology, Pathology and Pathobiology

Chapter 1: Function of the Right Ventricle

Chapter 2: Right ventricular pathobiology

Chapter 3: Experimental models of right heart dysfunction

Chapter 4: Left-right ventricular interactions

Part 2: Imaging the Right Heart

Chapter 5: MRI of the normal and abnormal right ventricle at rest

Chapter 6: Right ventricular structure and function during exercise

Chapter 7: Echocardiography of the normal and abnormal Right Heart

Part 3: Causes of right heart dysfunction

Chapter 8: Volume overload and the right heart

Chapter 9: The right heart in pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Chapter 10: Left heart failure and its effects on the right heart

Chapter 11: Cor Pulmonale

Chapter 12: High altitude and the right ventricle

Chapter 13: The right ventricle in congenital heart disease

Chapter 14: The right heart and acute pulmonary embolism

Chapter 15: Right ventricular cardiomyopathies

Part 3: Treatment of right heart dysfunction

Chapter 16: Right heart reverse remodelling during treatment for pulmonary hypertension

Chapter 17: Acute right heart failure in the intensive care unit

Chapter 18: Cardiac and lung transplantation and the right heart

Chapter 19: Arrhythmias in Right Heart Failure due to pulmonary hypertensionChapter 20: Atrial septostomy and Potts Procedure

Part 4: Future perspectives

Chapter 21: Treating the right ventricle directly in pulmonary hypertension