Normal intrapericardial pressures range ... the right heart is compressed, increasing the right heart pressures. This results in the right heart relying more heavily on the decreased intrathoracic ...

The normal pressure gradient across the pulmonary ... The roentgenologic evidence of enlargement of the right side of the heart and dilatation of the pulmonary artery was characteristic of ...

Hemodynamic consequences such as increased pulmonary venous pressure, post-capillary pulmonary hypertension, and secondary right heart failure as well as decreased cardiac output are similar to ...

Cardiac tamponade occurs when a pericardial effusion exerts a significant amount of pressure externally on the heart, resulting in impaired right ventricular ... and return to normal in expiration.

Blood pressure during a heart attack could read as normal, elevated, or low, depending on the affected heart area. For example, a heart attack affecting the lower right part of the heart (an ...