ReviewIntensive care medicine2018
Diagnostic workup, etiologies and management of acute right ventricle failure : A state-of-the-art paper.
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Early Identification and Prediction of Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Failure in Critically Ill Patients: An Observational Non-Interventional Cohort Study
Association of Respiratory Variation of Superior Vena Cava in Transthoracic View and Fluid Responsiveness in Critically Ill Patients
Definition and Management of Right Ventricular Injury in Adult Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Respiratory Support Using the Delphi Method: A PRORVnet - Expert Consensus Statements
Right Ventricle Dysfunction in Critically Ill Patients
Who cites it
89 citing papers in PubMed, 213 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Chronic Right Heart Failure: Pathogenesis, Haemodynamic Foundations, and a Pragmatic Diagnostic Algorithm.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Review
- Electronic Stethoscope Auscultation and Echocardiography in ARDS: Correlation and Prognostic Value for Mortality and ICU Length of Stay: A Prospective Observational Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Observational
- Acute Right Ventricular Failure Triggered by Excessive Fluid Resuscitation in Septic Shock.Case reports in medicine · 2026Article
- Propafenone is associated with fewer recurrences of supraventricular arrhythmias in mechanically ventilated patients with septic shock and right ventricular dysfunction.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Perioperative Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Noncardiac Surgery: A Multimodal Approach.Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia · 2025Review
- A pilot study on the hemodynamic effects of negative pressure ventilation in patients after cardiac surgery focussing on right ventricular function.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Beyond a Single Marker: An Update on the Comprehensive Evaluation of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Pulmonary Thromboembolism.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- How we use critical care ultrasound in the management of ventilatory settings in ARDS patients.Intensive care medicine · 2025Article
- Right ventricular-pulmonary arterial coupling predicts mortality in precapillary pulmonary hypertension.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Amiodarone use and prolonged mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery: a single-center analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- Impact of the transpulmonary pressure on right ventricle impairment incidence during acute respiratory distress syndrome: a pilot study in adults and children.Intensive care medicine experimental · 2024Article
- Critical Care Ultrasound in Shock: A Comprehensive Review of Ultrasound Protocol for Hemodynamic Assessment in the Intensive Care Unit.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Definition and management of right ventricular injury in adult patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory support using the Delphi method: a PRORVnet study. Expert position statements.Intensive care medicine · 2024Article
- Invasive Mechanical Ventilation Is Associated with Worse Right Ventricular Strain in Acute Respiratory Failure Patients.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024Article
- Can central venous pressure help identify acute right ventricular dysfunction in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients?Annals of intensive care · 2024Article
- Causes and attributable fraction of death from ARDS in inflammatory phenotypes of sepsis.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Article
- Mechanisms maintaining right ventricular contractility-to-pulmonary arterial elastance ratio in VA ECMO: a retrospective animal data analysis of RV-PA coupling.Journal of intensive care · 2024Article
- Echocardiographic features of right ventricle in septic patients with elevated central venous pressure.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Article
- Effects of prone positioning on lung mechanical power components in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a physiologic study.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Article
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11 authors at 10 institutions in 6 countries.
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Abstract
introductionThis is a state-of-the-art article of the diagnostic process, etiologies and management of acute right ventricular (RV) failure in critically ill patients. It is based on a large review of previously published articles in the field, as well as the expertise of the authors.
resultsThe authors propose the ten key points and directions for future research in the field. RV failure (RVF) is frequent in the ICU, magnified by the frequent need for positive pressure ventilation. While no universal definition of RVF is accepted, we propose that RVF may be defined as a state in which the right ventricle is unable to meet the demands for blood flow without excessive use of the Frank-Starling mechanism (i.e. increase in stroke volume associated with increased preload). Both echocardiography and hemodynamic monitoring play a central role in the evaluation of RVF in the ICU. Management of RVF includes treatment of the causes, respiratory optimization and hemodynamic support. The administration of fluids is potentially deleterious and unlikely to lead to improvement in cardiac output in the majority of cases. Vasopressors are needed in the setting of shock to restore the systemic pressure and avoid RV ischemia; inotropic drug or inodilator therapies may also be needed. In the most severe cases, recent mechanical circulatory support devices are proposed to unload the RV and improve organ perfusion
conclusionRV function evaluation is key in the critically-ill patients for hemodynamic management, as fluid optimization, vasopressor strategy and respiratory support. RV failure may be diagnosed by the association of different devices and parameters, while echocardiography is crucial.
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