Right Ventricle in the Eye of 3D Echocardiography: Feasibility and Accuracy of fully automated RV quantification with three-dimensional echocardiography
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Description
Right ventricle is formerly thought to be a non-essential cardiac chamber that offers little contribution to overall cardiac function.Current research reveals that RV function is an important independent predictor of morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure (HF), congenital heart disease (CHD), pulmonary hypertension (PH), and coronary artery disease (CAD). Echocardiography is the first-line tool for assessing the right ventricle because of its availability, simplicity and reduced cost. Two-dimensional echocardiogram (2DE) is commonly utilized to evaluate RV function in clinical practice. However, 2DE parameters such as tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), peak systolic velocity (s’), and fractional area change (FAC) are angle-dependent and relatively reproducible, and pro-vide less accurate quantification of RV function.