Right ventricular function is reduced during cardiac surgery independent of procedural characteristics, reoperative status, or pericardiotomy

ObjectivesLong-axis right ventricular (RV) function, which provides nearly 80% of RV ejection, acutely decreases during cardiac surgery. RV dysfunction increases risk for perioperative morbidity and mortality. Our objective was to characterize the change in perioperative RV long-axis and global function by determining the influence of procedure type, surgical approach, and reoperative status and examining its temporal relationship to...