Right Heart Dysfunction and Readmission Risk across Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Status in Patients with Acute Heart Failure

Right heart dysfunction (RHD) parameters, such as pulmonary hypertension (PH), right ventricular dysfunction (RVD), or tricuspid regurgitation (TR), are highly prevalent and increasingly important in heart failure (HF), especially in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), in whom PH-RVD has emerged as a specific clinical phenotype. 1-5 Overall, parameters of RHD have been associated withadverse clinical outcomes.3-9 Our group recently proposed an echocardiographic-derived staging system of RHD for risk stratification in HFpEF.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - July 14, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Enrique Santas, Gema Mi ñana, Patricia Palau, Rafael de la Espriella, Miguel Lorenzo, Gonzalo Núñez, Juan Sanchis, Francisco Javier Chorro, Antoni Bayes-Genís, Julio Núñez Source Type: research