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4 years ago
Heart failure (HF) remains one of the most common medical conditions worldwide, placing a continuously growing burden on healthcare providers. Within the HF population itself, the subset of patients who develop pulmonary hypertension (PH-LHD) has been identified as having a significantly higher morbidity and mortality.1 There are limited therapeutic options for PH-LHD and it often complicates the…
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3 years ago
In 1616, Sir William Harvey was the first person to describe the importance of right ventricular function.1 However, the right ventricle (RV) has received little attention in the past, with cardiology dealing mostly with the diseases of the left ventricle (LV) and their potential treatment. Since the early 1950s, however, the prognostic significance of RV function has been recognised in several…
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3 years ago
‘Heart failure’ is a term that may be loosely or precisely defined. The development of pulmonary oedema does not necessarily indicate a cardiac cause and of the cardiac causes for pulmonary oedema, not all can be attributed to left ventricular failure.1 The majority of women developing symptoms and signs of heart failure during pregnancy have no known pre-existing cardiomyopathy. This article…
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10 months ago