Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) is a pathologic increase in the right ventricular muscle mass in response to chronic pressure overload. Longtime lung disease is the most common cause. However, other cardiovascular conditions can also lead to RVH, such as congenital heart disease, interstitial lung disease, and chronic left heart failure. Affected individuals present with symptoms of pulmonary hypertension, including exertional chest pain and syncope, peripheral edema, dyspnea, and right upper quadrant pain. New symptoms can exacerbate chronic manifestations.Electrocardiography and echocardiography are the mainstay diagnostic modalities. Besides treating the underlying cause, RVH is managed using diuretics, oxygen, and anticoagulants. The prognosis depends on the etiology and severity of pulmonary hypertension. Collaboration between healthcare professionals, including the primary care clinician and cardiologist, is essential to optimize patients’ quality of life.This activity for healthcare workers is designed to enhance learners’ competence in evaluating and managing RVH. Participants improve their proficiency in distinguishing RVH from other cardiac conditions with similar presentations and formulate individualized treatment plans using evidence-based management strategies. Learners strengthen their diagnostic and management skills to collaborate effectively with an interprofessional team caring for patients with this condition.
- Provider:StatPearls, LLC
- Activity Link: https://www.statpearls.com/ArticleLibrary/viewarticle/28599
- Start Date: 2023-09-01 05:00:00
- End Date: 2023-09-01 05:00:00
- Credit Details: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 1.0 hours
Nursing: 1.0 hours
Pharmacy: 1.0 hours - MOC Credit Details: ABS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABS)
ABPATH - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABPATH)
ABA - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABA)
ABTS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABTS)
ABIM - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Medical Knowledge (ABIM)
ABS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Self-Assessment (ABS)
ABP - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (ABP)
ABTS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Self-Assessment (ABTS) - Commercial Support: No
- Activity Type: Enduring Material
- CME Finder Type: Online Learning
- Fee to Participate: Variable
- Measured Outcome: Learner Knowledge, Learner/Team Competence
- Provider Ship: Directly Provided
- Registration: Open to all
- Specialty: Adolescent Medicine, Adult Cardiac, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Ambulatory/Outpatient, Cardiac Anesthesia, Cardiothoracic, Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Pathology, Congenital Cardiac, Critical Care, Critical Care Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, General Operative Anesthesia, General Pediatrics, Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology, Neurocritical Care, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Endocrinology, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pulmonary Disease, Sports Medicine, Surgical Critical Care