- Provides a concise practically applicable guide on right heart failure
- Features a wealth of cases and helpful algorithms to aid the reader to be able to develop their decision making skills
- Contains guidance on the latest techniques and strategies for clinical management, mechanical support and palliative care
This book provides a practical clinical case-based review of right heart failure. Cases of common and rarely encountered presentations of right heart failure are covered. Featured cases include right heart failure due to pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism, valvular heart disease, myocardial infarction and congenital heart disease as well as how to differentiate new onset right heart failure from left heart failure. The medical management and mechanical support of right ventricular failure utilizing percutaneous and surgical techniques is reviewed along with the latest palliative and rehabilitation strategies.
Clinical Cases in Right Heart Failure features a wealth of common and unusual case presentations of right heart failure and its clinical management, providing an ideal resource for trainees and practicing clinicians who encounter these patients.
Table of Contents- Non-invasive Imaging of the right heart
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
- Right Heart Failure due to Valvular Heart Disease
- Right ventricular failure due to Myocardial Infarction
- Right Ventricular failure from Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Hypertension and Right heart failure
- Adult Congenital Heart Patient with Right Heart Failure
- Medical Management of Cardiogenic Shock
- Mechanical Support in Right ventricular Failure
- Surgical Options for Right Ventricular Failure
- Exercise and Rehabilitation of the right heart
- Palliative Care in Right Heart Failure
