Echocardiography measurements

It sounds to be a simple question . But, cardiology literature is sparse on the subject. RV mimics a three dimensional triangular chamber .The inflow, body and outflow align themselves in comple…

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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can be a rapidly progressive and fatal disease. Although right heart catheterization remains the gold standard in evaluation of P...

Echocardiography is a diagnostic technique that employs ultrasound to produce an image of the beating heart in real time.

Normal Ranges in Echocardiography

Echocardiograph uses M-scan technique in the imaging. Movements of valves & other structures of the heart are displayed as a function of time.

Few clinical trials on isolated DHF have been completed, although it may be more common among elderly persons than systolic heart failure.

Last year the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) released updated guidelines for cardiac chamber quantification by echocardiography. The ASE teamed up with the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging to update the previous guidelines due to the rapid technological developments of the past decade and the changes in echocardiographic practice brought about by these developments.

We recently reviewed basic right heart anatomy and outlined the ASE updated recommendations for quantifying right heart size and function. For the 2nd part of our Right Heart blog series, we are going to discuss proper measurements for size evaluation of the right ventricle (RV).