PHENOTYPING RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND ITS COUPLING WITH THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION IN ACUTE HEART FAILURE

The right ventricle (RV) is extremely sensitive to hemodynamic increments of pressure and elevated volume overload. In acute heart failure (AHF), the abrupt development of pulmonary venous congestion and the increase of left ventricular (LV) filling pressures favors pulmonary vascular adverse