Right ventricular failure

BA Houston, EL Brittain… - New England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2022 annual report: focus on the 2018 heart transplant allocation system

M Yuzefpolskaya, SE Schroeder, BA Houston… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2023 - Elsevier
The 13th annual report from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Interagency Registry
for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (Intermacs) highlights outcomes for 27,314 …

Right ventricular functional reserve in pulmonary arterial hypertension

S Hsu, BA Houston, E Tampakakis, AC Bacher… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Right ventricular (RV) functional reserve affects functional capacity and
prognosis in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PAH associated with systemic …

Pulmonary effective arterial elastance as a measure of right ventricular afterload and its prognostic value in pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease

…, WL Miller, BW Kelemen, BA Houston… - Circulation: Heart …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Patients with combined post- and precapillary pulmonary hypertension due to
left heart disease have a worse prognosis compared with isolated postcapillary. However, it …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a review

BA Houston, GR Stevens - Clinical Medicine Insights …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a global disease with cases reported in all continents,
affecting people of both genders and of various racial and ethnic origins. Widely accepted …

A new “twist” on right heart failure with left ventricular assist systems

BA Houston, KB Shah, MR Mehra… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite significant efforts to predict and prevent right heart failure, it remains a leading cause
of morbidity and mortality after implantation of left ventricular assist systems (LVAS). In this …

Right ventricular afterload sensitivity dramatically increases after left ventricular assist device implantation: a multi-center hemodynamic analysis

BA Houston, RJ Kalathiya, S Hsu, R Loungani… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Right ventricular (RV) failure is a source of morbidity and mortality after left
ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. In this study we sought to define hemodynamic …

Sarcoidosis-related cardiomyopathy: current knowledge, challenges, and future perspectives state-of-the-art review

NA Gilotra, JM Griffin, N Pavlovic, BA Houston… - Journal of cardiac …, 2022 - Elsevier
The prevalence of sarcoidosis-related cardiomyopathy is increasing. Sarcoidosis impacts
cardiac function through granulomatous infiltration of the heart, resulting in conduction disease…

Angiotensin II antagonism is associated with reduced risk for gastrointestinal bleeding caused by arteriovenous malformations in patients with left ventricular assist …

BA Houston, ALC Schneider, J Vaishnav… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Angiogenesis is implicated in formation of gastrointestinal arteriovenous
malformations (AVMs). Angiotensin II signaling is involved in angiogenesis through the vascular …

Effect of angiotensin II inhibitors on gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with left ventricular assist devices

…, M Sobhanian, DJ Taber, BA Houston… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - jacc.org
Background : Angiotensin II receptor activation may result in angiogenesis, and ultimately
arteriovenous malformations (AVM), through transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and …