The American Society of Echocardiography recommends that the evaluation of right ventricular systolic function consist of a qualitative assessment and at least one quantitative measure, such as ...

Patients with suspected right ventricular dysfunction should undergo transthoracic echocardiography, which can provide a rapid assessment of right ventricular size and function and an estimate of ...

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 ...

Alexis Harrison 1, Nathan Hatton 2, John J. Ryan 1, The right ventricle under pressure: evaluating the adaptive and maladaptive changes in the right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension using ...

Right ventricular dilation is common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and may be linked to anticoagulation. Also, postdischarge MRI detected RV edema and fibrosis in some patients.

A new study published in Frontiers of Medicine focuses on establishing normative values for left ventricular (LV) and left atrial (LA) size and function using three-dimensional echocardiography ...

Enlargement of one of the heart’s four chambers – the right ventricle – was the best predictor of which patients with severe Covid-19 infections were most likely to die, doctors reported Monday.

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. Defining the right ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Medtronic’s OmniaSecure defibrillation lead intended for insertion in the right ventricle. This new 4.7 French (1.6mm) lead ...

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