Key result
Multimodality imaging, including 2D and 3D echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance, enables comprehensive evaluation of right atrial anatomy, phasic function, and mechanics.
This review highlights the role of multimodality imaging, including CMR and 3D echocardiography, in accurately assessing right atrial anatomy, phasic function, and mechanics.
Enhances right atrial assessment in select patients; leaves open standardization and outcome validation.
Despite several limitations, two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) is the standard method for assessing the right atrium (RA) in everyday clinical routine. Cardiac magnetic resonance remains the current "gold standard" for RA visualization and volume quantification. The development of 2DE-derived strain imaging has enabled assessing RA deformation and phasic function in various pathologic conditions. Three-dimensional echocardiography was demonstrated to be more accurate and reproducible than 2DE for cardiac chamber quantification, while also allowing the evaluation of RA phasic function without geometric assumption. The purpose of this review is to summarize currently available data about RA anatomy, phasic function, and mechanics acquired by different imaging modalities.
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Marijana Tadić (2015) conducted a review in Right atrium assessment. Multimodality imaging (2DE, 3DE, CMR) was evaluated. Multimodality imaging, including 2D and 3D echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance, enables comprehensive evaluation of right atrial anatomy, phasic function, and mechanics.
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