Assessment of Right Ventricular Morphology and Function

Mikhail Kosiborod; Frans J. Th Wackers

doi:10.1055/s-2003-41106

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Table of Contents

Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 24(3): 245-262
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41106

Assessment of Right Ventricular Morphology and Function

Mikhail Kosiborod¹ , Frans J. Th. Wackers²

¹Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
²Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging and Exercise Laboratories, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The assessment of right ventricular morphology and function is of clinical importance in patients with pulmonary disease. Until recently the evaluation of the right ventricle was difficult because of the unusual geometry of the right ventricle. This chapter discusses the various diagnostic modalities available for assessment of right ventricular morphology and function. Although echocardiography is widely used because of its common availability, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and radionuclide angiocardiography should be considered the gold standards and are preferred when reliable and accurate measures of right ventricular function and morphology are needed.

KEYWORDS

Right ventricular morphology - right ventricular function - diagnostic methods

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