Why the study?
Does echocardiography accurately measure right ventricular wall thickness compared to necropsy?
Population
25 patients undergoing both echocardiography and necropsy
Comparison
Echocardiography for right ventricular… vs Necropsy and electrocardiogram
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Echocardiography may aid non-invasive RV assessment; leaves open prospective validation before routine clinical use.
Does echocardiography accurately measure right ventricular wall thickness compared to necropsy?
Echocardiography provides an accurate non-invasive measurement of right ventricular wall thickness, correlating well with necropsy findings and outperforming ECG.
Ravi Prakash (1978) studied this question.
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