Cor pulmonale refers to right ventricular (RV) failure secondary to a pulmonary process that results in a loss of functional capillary vascular bed and in increased pulmonary artery ...
Fatigue
Failure to thrive/weight loss
Dizziness
Syncope
Dyspnea on exertion
Exercise intolerance
Chest pain (secondary to RV ischemia)
Palpitations
Hemoptysis
Hemoptysis is a life-threate...
The primary goal is reduction of the abnormally elevated pulmonary artery pressure and the RV workload.
If at all possible, address the primary pulmonary etiology (i.e., tonsi...
Patients with reversible...
Abman SH, Hansmann G, Archer SL, et al; for American Heart Association Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Co...
416.9 Chronic pulmonary heart disease, unspecified
415 Acute cor pulmonale
I27.81 Cor pulmonale (chronic)
I26.09 Other pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale
83291003 Cor pulmona...
Q: Is cardiac catheterization indicated in all patients with cor pulmonale?
A: Yes. Although a great deal of information can be learned from echocardiogram and other diagnostic tests, direct pulmon...
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<bold>Fig CA 13-3 Cor pulmonale</bold> (primary pulmonary hypertension). (A) Frontal and (B) lateral views of the chest show prominence of the pulmonary outflow tract and markedly dilated central pulmonary vessels. The lateral displacement of the cardiac apex and filling of the retrosternal air space indicate right ventricular enlargement.
<bold>Fig CA 13-3 Cor pulmonale</bold> (primary pulmonary hypertension). (A) Frontal and (B) lateral views of the chest show p...
<bold>FIGURE 11-27. Cor pulmonale.</bold> A transverse section of the heart from a patient with primary (idiopathic) pulmonary hypertension shows a markedly hypertrophied right ventricle (on the left). The right ventricular free wall has a thickness equal to the left ventricular wall. The right ventricle is dilated. The straightened interventricular septum has lost its normal curvature toward the left ventricle as part of the remodeling process in cor pulmonale.
<bold>FIGURE 11-27. Cor pulmonale.</bold> A transverse section of the heart from a patient with primary (idiopathic) pulmonary...