The Right Ventricle in COVID-19 Lung Injury: Proposed Mechanisms, Management, and Research Gaps

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service Trust, Leicester, UK.
² Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service Trust, Leicester, UK; University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
³ Department of Critical Care Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; Birmingham Acute Care Research, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, Centre of Translational Inflammation Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Editorial

Graziella Isgro et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;35(6):1568-1572.

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.01.014. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service Trust, Leicester, UK.
² Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service Trust, Leicester, UK; University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
³ Department of Critical Care Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; Birmingham Acute Care Research, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, Centre of Translational Inflammation Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

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Comment in

A Call for Pragmatic Bedside Assessment of Right Ventricular (RV) Function in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
McCall P, Willder JM, McErlane J, Shelley B. McCall P, et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Nov;35(11):3455-3456. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.03.017. Epub 2021 Mar 13. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021. PMID: 33888405 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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