Right Heart Pathology

Description:

This book reviews the management of right heart diseases, incorporating etiology, physiopathology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The frequency of this pathology has increased in recent years, while techniques for its treatment have evolved. This book therefore represents a complete, detailed and updated presentation of this pathology, reviewing the expanded treatment options while considering the management of patients in detail. Right Heart Pathology: From Mechanism to Management provides a comprehensive insight into right heart pathology, current diagnostic methods, treatments and postsurgical management. Written by experienced cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons who have addressed significant issues in this topic area, it represents the essential reference in this specialty.

Table of contents:

Part I. Overview

1. Heart Embryology: Overview

2. Right Heart Anatomy: A Short Uptodate

3. Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Right Heart

4. Basic Aspects of Cardiac Remodelling

5. Right Ventricular Normal Function

6. Effect of Endurance Sport on the Right Heart

7. Systolic and Diastolic Right Ventricular Dysfunction

8. Hypertrophy and Dilatation, Markers of Dysfunction

9. Physiopathology of Right Heart Failure

10. Acute Right Heart Failure

11. Chronic Right Heart Failure

12. Systemic Consequences of Right Ventricular Failure

13. Essential in Genetic Etiology of Congenital Heart Diseases

14. Congenital Heart Disease and Right Heart

15. Primary and Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension

16. Tricuspid Valve Pathology

17. Right Heart in Cardiac Pacing

18. Importance of Right Ventricular and Left Ventricular Lead Placement in Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy

19. Right Heart in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

20. Left Heart Pathology and Right Ventricle Function

21. Myocardial Infarction of the Right Ventricle

22. Pulmonary Disease and Right Ventricular Function

23. Arrhythmias in Right Heart Disease

24. Pulmonary Thromboembolism

25. Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

26. Right Ventricular Function in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

27. Right Heart Involvement in Haematologic Disorders

28. Right Heart Involvement in Hepatic Diseases

29. Primary Cardiac Tumors

Part II. Diagnostic

30. Clinical Signs and Electrocardiography

31. Chest X-ray in Right Heart Disease

32. Echocardiography of Right Heart

33. Transthoracic Echocardiography: Improved Practice by Real-Time 3D Acquisition and Automation

34. Transoesophageal Echocardiography

35. Computed Tomography

36. Magnetic Resonance Imaging

37. Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography

38. 3D Printing As a New Technique in Management of Right Heart Pathology

Part III. Treatment

39. Inhaled Vasodilators in Right Heart Failure

40. Importance of Extra-Cardiac Manifestations of Right Heart Failure Using Bedside Ultrasound

41. Interventional Procedures

42. Open Surgery for Pulmonary Thromboembolism

43. Surgical Management of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation

44. Surgical Strategy in Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis

45. Heart, Lung, and Heart–Lung Transplant

46. Mechanical Circulatory Support for Right Ventricular Failure: RVADs

47. POST-LVAD Right Ventricular Failure

48. Pacemaker and ICD Implant Insertion Techniques: Venous Approach and Complications

49. Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Cardiac Surgery

50. Right Heart Dysfunction in Liver Transplantation

51. The Impact of Pneumonectomy on the Right Ventricular Function

52. Future Directions

Back Matter