The right ventricle after cardiopulmonary bypass: new insights on its adaptive physiology

The right ventricle after cardiac surgery, hypotheses and evidences, and the role of advanced echocardiography modalities

“…The RV, contrarily to the left ventricle, works under low-pressure high-volume physiology, with a wide degree of adaptation to altered preload. The RV comprises three compartments, the inlet, the trabeculated apex, and the outlet allowing contraction to occur with a peristaltic-like motion from the inflow to the outflow chamber [2].…”