Right Ventricle Failure in Pulmonary Hypertension
By Dr. Abdolghader Pakniyat, peer-reviewed by Dr. Sabrina Berouk. The Central Problem: The Overwhelmed Right Ventricle The pressure-loaded right ventricle can fail despite plenty of circulating volume. As it dilates, wall stress and oxygen demand rise. Higher intramyocardial pressure and falling systemic pressure reduce coronary perfusion. Septal displacement and pericardial constraint then impair LV filling, […]