Abstract
Severe acute pulmonary failure such as massive cardiogenic pulmonary edema or adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by an augmented fluid filtration from the pulmonary capillaries and an increase in pulmonary vascular resistance [22]. These factors together with hypoxemia lead to pulmonary hypertension. Right ventricular (RV) function and morphology are altered by the changes in afterload condition. Specifically, RV diastolic volume and pressure, and systolic volume and contraction volume correlate with the pulmonary artery pressure load [4, 16].
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Suter, P.M., Neidhart, P. (1986). Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Severe Acute Pulmonary Failure. In: Vincent, J.L. (eds) 6th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82801-0_30
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