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Until recently, the right ventricle (RV) was considered as a moderately passive conduit between the systemic and pulmonary circulations. This belief was supported by studies showing that complete destruction of the right ventricular free wall in dogs had no detectable impairment on overall cardiac performance (1). However, investigations in the 1970s demonstrated that right ventricular failure (RVF) has significant hemodynamic and cardiac performance effects (2).
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Gayat, E., Mebazaa, A. (2008). Normal Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Right Ventricle. In: Mebazaa, A., Gheorghiade, M., Zannad, F.M., Parrillo, J.E. (eds) Acute Heart Failure. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-782-4_8
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