From Cognition to Management: Interpretation of Experts Consensus on the Management of the Right Heart Function in Critically Ill Patients

Consensus on the Management of the Right Heart Function in Critically Ill Patients is the first consensus on the management of right heart function in the field of critical care medicine, which could be used to guide clinical practice. The consensus described pathophysiology of the right heart, right heart dysfunction related diseases, and the management of right heart function, and gave a clear description of the relationship of the preload, afterload, diastolic function, and systolic function of the right heart, and the relationship between right heart and the macrocirculation, microcirculation, pulmonary circulation, and the left heart. The consensus fully addressed the importance of the right heart function in the critical hemodynamic management theory and could guide the clinical practice of each right heart function related step, i.e., to monitor and manage the right heart function.