The right ventricular involvement in dilated cardiomyopathy: prevalence and prognostic implications of the often-neglected child

• Published in: Heart failure reviews Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 1795 - 1805
• Main Authors: Manca, Paolo, Nuzzi, Vincenzo, Cannatà, Antonio, Castrichini, Matteo, Bromage, Daniel I., De Luca, Antonio, Stolfo, Davide, Schulz, Uwe, Merlo, Marco, Sinagra, Gianfranco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cardiac muscle; Cardiology; Cardiomyopathy; Child abuse & neglect; Congestive heart failure; Coronary artery disease; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Epidemiology; Heart diseases; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Phenotypes; Ventricle; Advanced heart failure; Prognosis; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Cardiac imaging; Right ventricle

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a primary heart muscle disease characterized by left or biventricular systolic impairment. Historically, most of the clinical attention has been devoted to the evaluation of left ventricular function and morphology, while right ventricle (RV) has been for many years t...