Impacts of acute severe pulmonary regurgitation on right ventricular geometry and contractility assessed by tissue-Doppler echocardiography | Zendy

Jesper Kjærgaard | Zendy; Kasper Iversen | Zendy; Niels Vejlstrup | Zendy; Julie Smith | Zendy; Philipp Bonhoeffer | Zendy; Lars Søndergaard | Zendy; Christian Hassager | Zendy

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Impacts of acute severe pulmonary regurgitation on right ventricular geometry and contractility assessed by tissue-Doppler echocardiography

Author(s) -

Jesper Kjærgaard,

Kasper Iversen,

Niels Vejlstrup,

Julie Smith,

Philipp Bonhoeffer,

Lars Søndergaard,

Christian Hassager

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

european journal of echocardiography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1525-2167

pISSN - 1532-2114

DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jep149

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , contractility , ejection fraction , tissue doppler echocardiography , doppler echocardiography , pulmonary valve , fractional shortening , diastole , stroke volume , volume overload , heart failure , blood pressure , diastolic function

Little is known of the impact of acute right ventricular (RV) volume overload on RV function. We assessed the impact of acute severe pulmonary regurgitation (PR) on global and regional RV function by applying novel quantitative echocardiographic markers of myocardial performance in an animal model.

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