Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and the Failing Ventricle:Getting It Right

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摘要 Rightventricularfailure(RVF)remainstheprimarycauseofdeathinpatientswithpulmonaryarterialhypertension.WereviewthepathophysiologyofRVF,includingtheremodelingandventriculoarterialuncouplingthatoccurswhenthefailingrightsideoftheheartisunabletocompensateforarisingafterload.Secondly,thenoninvasiveimagingtechniquesusedintheassessmentofRVFareexplored,includingechocardiography,cardiacmagneticresonanceimaging,computedtomography,andpositronemissiontomography.Third,wedescribehowtheseimagingtechniquesandapatient’sclinicalcharacteristicsmaybeusedtodetermineprognosis.Lastly,weexplorethemedicalandsurgical/interventionaltreatmentoptionsforRVF.Despitethesetreatmentoptions,morbidityandmortalityremainhighinthispatientpopulation.Thediscoveryofnewprognosticindicators,useofhybridimagingforearlydetectionofRVF,andstrategiestopreventthedevelopmentofRVFwillbeimportantifoutcomesinthispatientpopulationaretoimprove.
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出处 《心血管创新与应用》 2015年B10期
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)
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