This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the etiology diagnosis and
treatment of conditions affecting the structure and function of the right heart comprising the
right atrium right ventricle tricuspid valve and pulmonary circulation. Anatomy and
physiology of the right heart etiology and role of imaging of right heart failure as well as
treatment options from pharmacological regimes to surgery are included in the text. Algorithms
and flow diagrams are provided with illustrated snapshots of the decisions involved in the
management of these patients. The Failing Right Heart is aimed to serve as an essential
reference for cardiac surgeons cardiologists cardiac anesthesiologists and cardiac
intensivists on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with congenital or acquired right heart
disease.
