摘要
Rightventricularfailure(RVF)remainstheprimarycauseofdeathinpatientswithpulmonaryarterialhypertension.WereviewthepathophysiologyofRVF,includingtheremodelingandventriculoarterialuncouplingthatoccurswhenthefailingrightsideoftheheartisunabletocompensateforarisingafterload.Secondly,thenoninvasiveimagingtechniquesusedintheassessmentofRVFareexplored,includingechocardiography,cardiacmagneticresonanceimaging,computedtomography,andpositronemissiontomography.Third,wedescribehowtheseimagingtechniquesandapatient’sclinicalcharacteristicsmaybeusedtodetermineprognosis.Lastly,weexplorethemedicalandsurgical/interventionaltreatmentoptionsforRVF.Despitethesetreatmentoptions,morbidityandmortalityremainhighinthispatientpopulation.Thediscoveryofnewprognosticindicators,useofhybridimagingforearlydetectionofRVF,andstrategiestopreventthedevelopmentofRVFwillbeimportantifoutcomesinthispatientpopulationaretoimprove.
出版日期
2015年06月07日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)