Open AccessEchocardiography in pulmonary hypertension: current evidence and future perspectives
Author(s) -
Grapsa J.,
Tzemos N.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
continuing cardiology education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2059-1594
DOI - 10.1002/cce2.67
Subject(s) - right heart , medicine , pulmonary hypertension , speckle tracking echocardiography , cardiology , right heart failure , heart failure , heart disease , modalities , radiology , intensive care medicine , ejection fraction , social science , sociology
Pulmonary hypertension is a debilitating disease with limited treatment options and prognosis. A significant part of right heart failure management is the accurate imaging of right heart chambers with the means of conventional echocardiography as well as advanced imaging. The purpose of this review was to explain the anatomy and physiology of the right heart chambers and subsequently to demonstrate all latest available echocardiographic indices specific for right heart. We also discuss three‐dimensional echocardiography and speckle tracking as advanced imaging modalities for right heart assessment.