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Right ventricular outflow tract spectral signal: a useful marker of right ventricular systolic performance and pulmonary hypertension severity
Author(s) -
Angel LópezCandales,
Ananth Eleswarapu,
James A. Shaver,
Kathy Edelman,
Beth Gulyasy,
Maria Dolores Candales
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq009
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular outflow tract , pulmonary hypertension , pulmonary artery , acceleration time , doppler echocardiography , blood pressure , systole , diastole , acceleration , physics , classical mechanics
Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) acceleration shortens with chronic pulmonary hypertension (cPH). However, the overall value of this spectral Doppler signal in the assessment of PH patients is not well understood.

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