PMID- 25725606
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151110
LR  - 20201216
IS  - 1534-3170 (Electronic)
IS  - 1523-3782 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 4
DP  - 2015
TI  - Echocardiographic evaluation of the right ventricle: a 2014 perspective.
PG  - 21
LID - 10.1007/s11886-015-0578-8 [doi]
AB  - The ability to properly evaluate the right ventricular size and function can have 
      important consequences for clinical management and prognosis. Echocardiography is 
      and will remain the leading method of right ventricle (RV) assessment due to its 
      ease of use and wealth of diagnostic information provided. Understanding the 
      various strengths and limitations of the diverse echocardiographic methods of RV 
      assessment can allow a systematic approach to resolve situations where one's 
      quantitative parameters are not necessarily concordant. Quantification of RV 
      volume can be done by two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) 
      echocardiography. Measurements of RV systolic function include fractional area 
      change (FAC), right-sided index of myocardial performance (RIMP), RV ejection 
      fraction (RVEF), tricuspid annular plane excursion by M-Mode (TAPSE), tricuspid 
      annular systolic longitudinal velocity by tissue Doppler (S'), and regional 
      strain and strain rate. RVEF can also be assessed volumetrically by 3D 
      echocardiography. This article will review the current methods used in 
      contemporary echocardiography laboratories, with an emphasis on a guideline-based 
      approach as well as emerging techniques.
FAU - Portnoy, Shoshana Gal
AU  - Portnoy SG
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, 
      Canada.
FAU - Rudski, Lawrence G
AU  - Rudski LG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Curr Cardiol Rep
JT  - Current cardiology reports
JID - 100888969
SB  - IM
MH  - Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
MH  - Heart Ventricles/anatomy & histology/*diagnostic imaging/physiopathology
MH  - Humans
EDAT- 2015/03/03 06:00
MHDA- 2015/11/11 06:00
CRDT- 2015/03/02 06:00
PHST- 2015/03/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/03/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/11/11 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s11886-015-0578-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Curr Cardiol Rep. 2015;17(4):21. doi: 10.1007/s11886-015-0578-8.