This heavily revised second edition of this critical book details the structure, function and imaging of the normal right heart both at rest and under the stresses of high altitude and exercise. Extensively revised chapters cover the pathophysiology and pathobiology of right heart dysfunction, both in experimental models and human disease, including congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension.

The Right Heart provides a concise up-to-date guide on the latest advances in our understanding of role of the right heart in the cardiopulmonary circuit and is an indispensable up-to-date resource for clinicians interested in this topic.

Part 1: Physiology, Pathology and Pathobiology

Function of the Right Ventricle
Right ventricular pathobiology
Experimental models of right heart dysfunction
Left-right ventricular interactions
Part 2: Imaging the Right Heart
Chapter 5: MRI of the normal and abnormal right ventricle at rest
Right ventricular structure and function during exercise
Echocardiography of the normal and abnormal Right Heart
Part 3: Causes of right heart dysfunction
Volume overload and the right heart
The right heart in pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Left heart failure and its effects on the right heart
Cor Pulmonale
High altitude and the right ventricle
The right ventricle in congenital heart disease
The right heart and acute pulmonary embolism
Right ventricular cardiomyopathies
Part 3: Treatment of right heart dysfunction
Right heart reverse remodelling during treatment for pulmonary hypertension
Acute right heart failure in the intensive care unit
Cardiac and lung transplantation and the right heart
Arrhythmias in Right Heart Failure due to pulmonary hypertension
Atrial septostomy and Potts Procedure
Part 4: Future perspectives
Treating the right ventricle directly in pulmonary hypertension.