Right heart failure occurs when the cardiac output from the right ventricle is not able to meet the demands of the body. The most common cause of right heart failure is left heart failure.

A new test for assessing bovines’ genetic predisposition to bovine congestive heart failure (BCHF) has been released. The ...

Chronic heart failure occurs when either the left ventricle, the right ventricle, or both require elevated filling pressures to maintain cardiac output. Heart failure is a syndrome, not a specific ...

The normal ejection fraction for the left ventricle is 55% to 60%. There are two types of left-sided heart failure: Left-sided heart failure causes symptoms different from those of right-sided ...

Though learning that your child has a heart defect like a ventricular septal defect can be frightening, understanding the ...

The following is a summary of “Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: the importance of biventricular strain in ...

Luís Beck-da-Silva, MD; Adolfo de Bold, PhD, FRSC; Ross A. Davies, MD, FRCPC; Benjamin J.W. Chow, MD, FRCPC; Terrence D. Ruddy, MD, FRCPC; Margaret Fraser, RN ...