Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) encompasses a wide range of conditions in which the primary disorder is the enlargement of the ventricular chambers with normal left ventricular (LV) wall thickness, which ultimately leads to reduced LV contractile function and symptoms of heart…
Acknowledgment The authors acknowledge the contributions of Dr. Nimrod Blank, who was a coauthor of this chapter in the previous edition. The right atrium (RA) is an important but often overlooked cardiac chamber. It is situated in the most anterolateral…
The right ventricle (RV) plays a key role in the outcome of many disease states. RV dysfunction is associated with excess morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic left-sided heart failure (HF), acute myocardial infarction (MI), pulmonary embolism (PE), pulmonary…