right ventricular failure; right heart failure
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Etiology
- cor pulmonale
- right ventricular myocardial infarction
- may be associated with inferior wall myocardial infarction[2]
- left ventricular failure
Pathology
- diminished left ventricular preload & cardiac output
Clinical manifestations
- jugular venous distension (elevated central venous pressure)
- clear lung fields
Management
- push normal saline (several liters) to restore right ventricular contractility & left ventricular preload[2]
- avoid pressors until volume expansion produces pulmonary edema[2]
More general terms
More specific terms
- acute right ventricular failure; cor pumonale
- chronic right ventricular failure; cor pumonale
- cor pulmonale