Right ventricular failure

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• Synonyms

  • Right heart failure
  • Right-sided heart failure
  • RVF

• Causes

  • Mitral stenosis
  • Cor pulmonale
  • Pulmonary stenosis
  • Tricuspid regurgitation
  • Left to right shunt
  • Cardiac tamponade
  • Congestive cardiac failure

• Effects

  • Systemic venous congestion
  • Third heart sound
  • Tricuspid regurgitation
  • Fatigue
  • Right ventricular hypertrophy
  • Protein-losing enteropathy

• Parents

  • Heart failure