[Characteristics of cardiac hemodynamics and right ventricular function in patients with various types of cardiomyopathy and ischemic heart disease].

The study was undertaken to examine morphofunctional parameters of the right ventricle in relation to cardiohemodynamics of the left heart in 96 patients with hypertrophic and congestive cardiomyopathies, including those with coronary heart disease. Both in congestive and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies, the magnitude and nature of changes in right ventricular function follow left ventricular lesion. In cardiomyopathy unlike coronary heart disease, right ventricular function tends to decrease and shows markedly altered links with the left heart.