Right Ventricle
April 2026
About the topic
The right ventricle (RV) is central to cardiovascular performance and prognosis. Its role becomes particularly critical in conditions such as heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and acute pulmonary embolism, where RV dysfunction strongly influences outcomes.
Advances in imaging – including 3D echocardiography and cardiac MRI – now enable more precise evaluation of RV structure and function, supporting earlier detection and better risk stratification.
Recent evidence highlights the significance of right ventricular to pulmonary circulation coupling and its effect on systemic congestion and clinical outcomes.
Effective recognition and management of RV dysfunction call for a tailored, physiology-based approach.
Webinars
From TAPSE to tissue characterisation: a stepwise approach to right ventricular imaging
Right ventricular dysfunction in practice: a multidisciplinary, case-based approach
Available to all
Essentials
ESC Guidelines
Clinical experience and genetic underpinning of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in southern Africa.
Predicting risk for sudden cardiac death in gene carriers in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies.
Left to right shunts with pulmonary hypertension.
How to perform right heart catheterisation: doing things right.
Interpretation of right heart catheterisation: standards and some useful secrets.
Restriction and constriction: a comprehensive diagnostic approach.
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia coinciding with Coronary Artery Disease.
Acute Right Heart Failure with Cardiogenic Shock due to Primary Cardiac Sarcoma.
Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy is caused by disruption of the desmosomal adhesive interface
Exercising with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
New insights into non-invasive assessment of pressure-volume loops of the left and right ventricles.
Acute right ventricular dysfunction: how to assess and treat it
Guidelines in Practice: evolving management of intermediate high-risk acute pulmonary embolism
Acute heart failure in adult congenital heart disease
Device therapy in de novo heart failure: when is the right time?
How should I assess right ventricular function?
Tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular function: a complex interplay
Clinical Case Management: athletes with cardiomyopathies
Asymptomatic severe tricuspid regurgitation: what is the right timing of intervention?
The right ventricle in heart failure: forget me not
Heart failure and valvular heart disease: imaging to the rescue
Genetics of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies
Targeting desmosomal adhesion to treat arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Novel disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets in cardiomyopathies
New treatment strategies based on the pathophysiology of Group 2 pulmonary hypertension
Cutting to the Core - Right heart catheterisation
Key supporting evidence
The dysfunctional right ventricle: the importance of multi-modality imaging
A Narrative Review of the Clinical Applications of Echocardiography in Right Heart Failure.
Right heart flow hemodynamic assessment using 4D flow CMR: a systematic review
Pathophysiology of the right ventricle in health and disease: an update
Right ventricular function: getting it right
Right ventricular dysfunction in structural tricuspid interventions
Exclusively for ESC members
Dig Deeper
In practice
How to read and interpret a genetic testing report in inherited cardiovascular conditions
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and pregnancy in inherited cardiovascular disease
Looking beyond the right ventricular strain: right atrial strain in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
Targeting pulmonary hypertension in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: rather static than DYNAMIC development?
Secondary tricuspid regurgitation: neglected no more!
Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Outcome: Aetiology Matters
Interface with the specialists
Cardiovascular genetics in practice: what to know for today and tomorrow
Interpretation and actionability of genetic variants in cardiomyopathies
Inherited cardiomyopathies: clinical and genetic updates
HFA Advanced Heart Failure Course 2026
EuroACHD 2026
HFA Winter Research Meeting on Translational Heart Failure 2025
HFA Advanced Heart Failure Course 2025
HFA Clinical Trials in Heart Failure Course
Pioneers' viewpoint
ECGs abnormalities in athletes: when to suspect a genetically-determined condition?
Episode 10: Among the topics: Tricuspid regurgitation - Cardiogenic shock
Episode 13: Among the topics: HIV and heart disease - Congestion and decongestion in acute heart failure
Episode 17: Among the topics: Takotsubo Syndrome - Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Episode 5: LAA occlusion - Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Episode 15: All you need to know about omega-3 fatty acids - Lead induced tricuspid regurgitation
Episode 16 - Long-term beta-blockers after MI - Pros and cons of the microaxial pump in cardiogenic shock
Test yourself - eLearning courses
2020 - Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Management of)
