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Mechanical Support of the Failing Right Ventricle

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Cardiopulmonary Interactions in Acute Respiratory Failure

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((UICM,volume 2))

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Right ventricular (RV) failure has been recently identified as an important cause of progressive deterioration in patients with cardiac or cardiopulmonary dysfunction. Volume loading and pharmacologic interventions may have a limited effect in patients with severe RV failure. Mechanical circulatory assistance may be required to sustain right heart function until the heart and lungs can recover. Recent advances in the technology of cardiopulmonary bypass have produced systems which will permit recovery of RV failure after cardiac surgery. These systems may be adapted to treat critically ill patients who have not undergone cardiac surgery.

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  1. R. D. Weisel
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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean Louis Vincent (Assistant-Director) (Assistant-Director)

  2. Department of Surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland

    Peter M. Suter (Director) (Director)

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Weisel, R.D., Salerno, T.A. (1987). Mechanical Support of the Failing Right Ventricle. In: Vincent, J.L., Suter, P.M. (eds) Cardiopulmonary Interactions in Acute Respiratory Failure. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83010-5_24

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