The authors discuss the mechanisms, clinical presentation, and evaluation of right ventricular failure, as well as its management.

Each of the right coronary artery branches has a different role to play, from helping keep the heart beating to pumping blood to the lungs. Learn more.

Pulmonary-artery catheterization aids the diagnosis and management of numerous cardiovascular illnesses. This video demonstrates the insertion of a pulmonary-artery catheter.

Right ventricular hypertrophy doesn’t always cause symptoms. Often, the left ventricle tries to compensate for the problems with the right ventricle. This means that some people don’t know ...

Ventricular Septal Defect Overview Ventricular septal defect is a hole in the wall between the right and left ventricles of the heart. This abnormality usually develops before birth and is found ...

This study was performed to assess a new vascular stent graft as an expandable valved conduit for right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) reconstruction in sheep. Conduits were constructed by ...

Ultimately, surgery, with the aim of connecting the aorta to its intended left ventricle and the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle, will be the treatment of choice for most cases of DORV.

Normally, the aorta (i.e., the main artery transporting blood from our heart to the rest of our body) originates from the left ventricle, while the pulmonary artery, which carries blood from the ...

Right ventricular failure: Right ventricular failure is possible, especially if surgery created severe pulmonary valve insufficiency, which is leaking of blood backward from the pulmonary artery ...

In STEMI-induced cardiogenic shock, a microaxial flow pump can unload the heart by reducing native cardiac output and ...

A newborn with PAVSD may have a more developed right ventricle and pulmonary artery. Learn more about the septum of the heart, which contains the ventricular septum.