• Curr Opin Crit Care · Feb 2009

    Review

    Acute cor pulmonale.

    • François Jardin and Antoine Vieillard-Baron.
    • Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Boulogne, France. francois.jardin@apr.ap-hop-paris.fr
    • Curr Opin Crit Care. 2009 Feb 1; 15 (1): 67-70.

    Purpose Of ReviewAcute cor pulmonale is a form of acute right heart failure produced by a sudden increase in resistance to blood flow in the pulmonary circulation, which is now rapidly recognized by bedside echocardiography.Recent FindingsIn the clinical setting, acute cor pulmonale is mainly observed as a complication of massive pulmonary embolism or acute respiratory distress syndrome. In acute respiratory distress syndrome, the worsening effect of mechanical ventilation has been recently emphasized.SummaryAs a general rule, the treatment consists in rapidly reducing resistance to blood flow in the pulmonary circulation, obtained by a specific strategy according to etiology.

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