Right Ventricular Dysfunction
Heart pump authorized for emergency use for right HF, decompensation from COVID-19
Abiomed announced that the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for a temporary heart pump for patients with COVID-19 with right HF or decompensation including pulmonary embolism.
Right ventricular longitudinal strain may predict mortality in COVID-19
Right ventricular longitudinal strain predicted higher mortality in patients with COVID-19, according to a study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
3D echocardiography may predict right ventricular EF changes after cancer treatment
Measurements of right ventricular volume and strain from 3D echocardiography were linked to later changes in right ventricular ejection fraction, according to a study published in JACC: CardioOncology.
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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD) Topic Review
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, or ARVD — also known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, or ARVC — is a genetic condition (autosomal dominant) affecting the desmosomes of the cardiac myocyte.