Open AccessCMR for the Diagnosis of Right Heart Disease
Author(s) -
Timothy A. Fairbairn,
Manish Motwani,
John P Greenwood,
Sven Plein
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.09.023
Subject(s) - right heart , medicine , diagnostic test , disease , cardiology , heart disease , radiology , pediatrics
Right heart disease can present a clinical diagnostic conundrum as a number of pathologies can present with a variety of often nonspecific symptoms. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) remains the main noninvasive diagnostic imaging test for right heart disease, yet it has several limitations.
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