Lauren E Gibson, Raffaele Di Fenza, Min Lang, Martin I Capriles, Matthew D Li, Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, Brent P Little, Pankaj Arora, Ariel L Mueller, Fumito Ichinose, Edward A Bittner, Lorenzo Berra, Marvin G Chang
BACKGROUND: Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is common and associated with worse outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In non-COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome, RV dysfunction develops due to pulmonary hypoxic vasoconstriction, inflammation, and alveolar overdistension or atelectasis. Although similar pathogenic mechanisms may induce RV dysfunction in COVID-19, other COVID-19-specific pathology, such as pulmonary endothelialitis, thrombosis, or myocarditis, may also affect RV function...
March 30, 2021: Journal of Intensive Care Medicine