Open AccessRight Heart Failure: Toward a Common Language
Author(s) -
Mehra Mandeep R.,
Park Myung H.,
Landzberg Michael J.,
Lala Anuradha,
Waxman Aaron B.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pulmonary circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.791
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 2045-8940
DOI - 10.1086/674750
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , foundation (evidence) , right heart failure , guideline , right heart , heart disease , intensive care medicine , cardiology , pathology , law , political science
In this guideline, the International Right Heart Foundation Working Group moves a step forward to develop a common language to describe the development and defects that exemplify the common syndrome of right heart failure. We first propose fundamental definitions of the distinctive components of the right heart circulation and provide consensus on a universal definition of right heart failure. These definitions will form the foundation for describing a uniform nomenclature for right heart circulatory failure with a view to foster collaborative research initiatives and conjoint education in an effort to provide insight into mechanisms of disease unique to the right heart.