Key result
3D echocardiography improves quantitative RV assessment and clinical decision-making over conventional 2D echocardiography.
Why the study?
Conventional 2-dimensional echocardiography has limitations in providing the detailed, accurate, quantitative information about the RV needed for complex clinical decision-making.
3-dimensional echocardiography has the potential to overcome limitations of 2D echocardiography for accurate, quantitative assessment of the right ventricle.
Supports consideration of 3D echocardiography for RV quantification in select cases; leaves open prospective validation before routine adoption.
The use of 3-dimensional echocardiography overcomes many of the limitations associated with conventional 2-dimensional echocardiography and has the potential to provide the detailed information required for the complex clinical decision-making that requires accurate, quantitative information about the RV.
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Addetia et al. (2019) studied this question. 3-dimensional echocardiography provides accurate and quantitative information necessary for improved clinical decision-making regarding right ventricular assessment.
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