Decompensated right heart failure, intensive care and perioperative management in patients with pulmonary hypertension: Updated recommendations from the Cologne Consensus Conference 2018 Karen M. Olsson, Michael Halank, Benjamin Egenlauf, David Fistera, Henning Gall, Christian Kaehler, Kathrin Kortmann, Thorsten Kramm, Mona Lichtblau, Alberto M. Marra, Christian Nagel, Armin Sablotzki, Hans-Jürgen Seyfarth, Dietmar Schranz, Silvia Ulrich, Marius M. Hoeper, Tobias J. Lange International Journal of Cardiology Volume 272, Pages 46-52 (December 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.08.081 Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Algorithm on the treatment of acute right heart failure [7]. ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, NO: nitric oxide, PH: pulmonary hypertension, RV: right ventricle Tx: transplant. *Licensed for PAH (group 1 of the classification) only. International Journal of Cardiology 2018 272, 46-52DOI: (10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.08.081) Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Volume management and RV-LV interaction. CO: cardiac output, LV: left ventricle, RV: right ventricle, RVEDP: right ventricular end-diastolic pressure, TI: tricuspid valve insufficiency. International Journal of Cardiology 2018 272, 46-52DOI: (10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.08.081) Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Terms and Conditions