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Published on: October 20, 2016

Right ventricular function assessment using tissue Doppler imaging and speckle tracking echocardiography.

Radosław Pietrzak¹, Bożena Werner¹

¹Department of Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

Journal of Ultrasonography

|December 18, 2015

Summary

Modern echocardiography, including tissue Doppler imaging and speckle tracking, effectively assesses right ventricular function. These methods provide crucial prognostic information for various cardiovascular conditions, aiding in risk stratification and treatment evaluation.

Keywords:

right ventricle speckle tracking echocardiography tissue Doppler imaging

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Area of Science:

Cardiology
Medical Imaging
Echocardiography

Background:

Advanced echocardiographic techniques like tissue Doppler imaging and speckle tracking enable comprehensive evaluation of right ventricular (RV) function.
RV function assessment is critical in conditions such as pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease, and myocardial infarction.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the utility of modern echocardiographic methods for assessing global and regional right ventricular function.
To highlight the prognostic value of these echocardiographic parameters in diverse patient populations.

Main Methods:

Utilized tissue Doppler imaging and speckle tracking echocardiography to assess RV function.
Analyzed parameters including myocardial performance index, tricuspid annulus motion, myocardial velocities, strain, and strain rate.
Reviewed literature on the application of these methods in various cardiovascular diseases.

Main Results:

Echocardiographic parameters like S' wave velocity and longitudinal strain are valuable in assessing RV function in pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism, and post-surgical congenital heart disease.
Reduced longitudinal strain and S' wave velocity correlate with adverse outcomes, including vascular events, heart failure, and limited pulmonary vascular flow.
These techniques identified functional changes in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and acute right ventricular myocardial infarction.

Conclusions:

Modern echocardiography provides robust tools for evaluating both global and regional right ventricular function.
Echocardiographic assessment of RV function offers significant prognostic information and aids in therapeutic efficacy evaluation across a spectrum of cardiovascular diseases.