Faces of Right Ventricular Failure, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics: Volume 30-2

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.

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Beaumont Heart CenterUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Product details

• Authors: James A Goldstein, Goldstein James A., Jonathan D Rich, Rich Jonathan D.
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.2012
• EAN: 9781455738380
• ISBN: 978-1-4557-3838-0
• Weight: 510 g
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Cardiology, Cardiovascular medicine