HealthTap Online Primary Care Doctors Accepting New Patients
Book a video visit
HealthTap
Telehealth
A member asked:

How are cor pulmonale and right-sided heart failure different?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Heart failure: Cor pulmonale is another term for right heart failure.

Answered 6/30/2013

5.1k views

Thank

Related Questions

A member asked:

I be getting this weird feeling around my top stomach and bottom left side of my heart. And went to two different doctors. The heart doctor says there nothing wrong with my heart. The stomach doctor says that has gastritis mucosa. Is this the proble?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

I have throbbing pain right side of throat, feels like heart stops and restarts. Pain in neck to brain. Also hot feeling on different parts of body?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

I have persistent pain under my ribs on the right hand side of my ribs, sometimes it feels like a heart attack. This comes and goes. I also have excess gas and different parts of my body itch so badly that I scratch until they are bruised. I?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

Side effects like panic attack w/ augmentin (amoxicillin and clavulanate) given for sinus infection. Heart races, hard to breathe, nausea, tight chest. Can i take different meds?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

Does heart failure effect men and women at different rates?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Sponsored Content
HealthTap Medical Group does not endorse products or services. Sponsored content revenues support our mission to make health information free and accessible to all.Learn more

People also searched for:

What is differences between right ventricular hypertrophy & right heart failure; cor pulmonale & pulmonary hypertension? Do they hv the same meaning?
How are the symptoms of right sided heart failure different from left heart?
2 different doctors gave 2 different answers to my Echo. The ordering doctor, my pulmonologist, said I have Chronic right-sided congestive heart failure after viewing the Echo and when I asked my main doctor he said that is to do with my lungs. Help?
The pulse on the side of your neck, is that basically how fast your heart is beating or something totally different ?
Cisapride was withdrawn from market due to fatal heart arrythmia as a side effect. Is cinitapride also same as cisapride with a different name? does cinitapride also causes same side effect? Is domperidone much safer option to consider?

Telemedicine

Primary Care
Manage Your Conditions
Women's Health
Children's Health
Men's Health
Senior Health
Wellness, Prevention & Lifestyle
Sexual Health
Mental & Behavioral Health
Travel Medicine
Urgent Care
Ask your question
Didn't find what you're looking for?

90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.

Ask your question

More of what we treat

Allergies
Antibiotics
Asthma
High Blood Pressure
Prescriptions
Type 2 Diabetes
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HealthTap
HIPAA logo
HIPAASecure
Soc 2 Type 2 logo
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHO Accredited
JCAHOAccredited
Member App

Download HealthTap

Video visit and message your doctor

Member App QR Code
Play Store Member LinkApp Store Member Link

Questions?

+1 (888) 828-0841support@healthtap.com
LinkedInTwitter
HomeTermsPrivacyCookiesDMCAHealth TopicsDoctors DirectoryDoctor Q&A by Specialty
Copyright 2026 HealthTap, Inc.