Key result
Echocardiography serves as the first-line method for evaluating right ventricular structure and function, with novel techniques increasingly facilitating diagnosis and treatment choices.
Why the study?
The right ventricle has been recognized as a predictor of outcomes across cardiac conditions, prompting studies to improve its assessment given its complex geometry.
Echocardiography remains the primary modality for evaluating the right ventricle, with novel techniques and multiparametric approaches improving diagnostic accuracy.
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Supports echocardiography as first-line RV assessment in practice; leaves open prospective validation of novel techniques' impact.
The significance of the right ventricle (RV) as a predictor of outcomes in a series of cardiac conditions has recently been recognized. Consequently, more studies are now focusing on improving the assessment of the RV. Its primary function is to support adequate pulmonary perfusion pressure in different circulatory and loading situations and to ensure that there is a low systemic venous pressure. Echocardiography is the first-line method of choice due to its accuracy when assessing RV structure and function, as well as its wide availability. The geometry of the RV is complex and its evaluation can be difficult. Integrating and combining multiple parameters may be a more reliable way to determine normal or abnormal function. Novel techniques are increasingly being performed more routinely in clinical practice and are facilitating diagnosis and treatment choices.
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Tsipis et al. (2022) conducted a review in Cardiac conditions affecting the right ventricle. Echocardiography was evaluated. Echocardiography serves as the first-line method for evaluating right ventricular structure and function, with novel techniques increasingly facilitating diagnosis and treatment choices.
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