WASHINGTON, DC—For patients with right-sided infective endocarditis (RSIE) who don’t respond to medical therapy, percutaneous mechanical aspiration (PMA) appears to offer clinical efficacy, according ...

Right heart catheterization (RHC) is essential for accurate PAH diagnosis but is underutilized, with only 75% of patients undergoing the procedure at diagnosis. Factors increasing RHC likelihood ...

Heart failure occurs when the heart can't pump blood as well as it should. It can affect either the left side of the heart (left-sided heart failure) or the right side (right-sided heart failure).

New findings reveal sotatercept's significant benefits for right ventricular function and tricuspid regurgitation in pulmonary arterial hypertension. At this year’s European Society of Cardiology (ESC ...

An injectable hydrogel can mitigate damage to the right ventricle of the heart with chronic pressure overload, according to a new study. In 2019, this same hydrogel was shown to be safe in humans ...

To assess how a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is faring on therapy, look at the right heart, said Anjali Vaidya, MD, in a presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American ...

Review clinical classifications, diagnostic procedures, and management strategies for cardiomyopathy and heart failure in this comprehensive overview.

In a new study, right heart failure (RHF) hospitalizations of people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was associated with higher in-hospital mortality and non-fatal adverse outcomes. Lupus ...