In a study of more than 8000 consecutive ambulatory and hospitalized patients with a broad spectrum of cardiopulmonary disease who underwent right heart catheterization in a Boston hospital, obesity ...

A new study suggests that physicians might be able to assess the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by analyzing right ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this cross-sectional study utilizing electrocardiography (ECG) and 2D echocardiography, Munje and colleagues ...

A new study from the University of Pennsylvania has found that a thicker right side of the heart may be linked to a higher ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Key Takeaways Congestive heart failure and heart failure are the same and mean the heart can't pump enough blood. Heart failure can be left-sided or ...

"This study showed that RV function, including RV strain, decreases over time despite preserved LV ejection fraction, and is associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes. RV function may be more ...

Right-sided heart failure is often caused by pulmonary heart disease (cor pulmonale) in which the enlargement or failure of the right ventricle leads to circulatory congestion in the lungs as well as ...

Interstitial Decongestion in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients With the eLym System: Percutaneous Device to Support Lymphatic Drainage: The Early Results of the DELTA-HF Feasibility Study ...

An injectable hydrogel can mitigate damage to the right ventricle of the heart with chronic pressure overload, according to a new study published March 6 in Journal of the American College of ...