Longitudinal shortening is a substitute for TAPSE (tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, a quantitative measure of advanced echocardiography). Right ventricular size and systolic function ...

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), measured by means of M-mode echocardiography, is decreased with impaired right ventricular function (Panel A, left image). The maximal velocity ...

Measurements of right ventricular volume and strain from 3D echocardiography were linked to later changes in right ventricular ejection fraction, according to a study published in JACC ...

The size and pumping ability of the right side of the heart differs by age, gender and race/ethnicity, according to the first large imaging study of the right ventricle.

It may follow that the respiratory distress and myocarditis common in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have an impact on the right ventricle ... or left ventricular size and function, but ...

Background: The purpose of this article is to critically review the data accumulated to date from studies evaluating the hemodynamic and clinical effects of right ventricular apical pacing during ...

Enlargement of one of the heart’s four chambers – the right ventricle – was the best ... “Clinicians can use bedside echocardiography as a readily available tool to identify patients ...

The right ventricle is the chamber within the heart that is responsible for pumping oxygen-depleted blood to the lungs. The right ventricle is one of the heart’s four chambers. It is located in ...

If you clench your hand into a fist, this is approximately the same size ... right-hand and left-hand side of the heart. The tricuspid valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle ...