Open AccessRight ventricular outflow tract systolic excursion and fractional shortening: Can these echocardiographic parameters be used for the assessment of right ventricular function?
Author(s) -
Lamyaa Elsayed Allam,
Ahmed Onsy,
Hylan Ahmed Ghalib
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular echography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2347-193X
pISSN - 2211-4122
DOI - 10.4103/2211-4122.203557
Subject(s) - ventricular outflow tract , medicine , cardiology , fractional shortening , acceleration time , ventricle , excursion , diastole , ventricular function , acceleration , blood pressure , physics , classical mechanics , political science , law
Echocardiographic right ventricular (RV) function assessment is difficult and still a gray area despite rapid advancement of imaging modalities. The aim of this study is to assess the role of echocardiographic RV outflow tract (RVOT) function in the form of RVOT fractional shortening (RVOT FS) and RVOT systolic excursion (RVOT SE) for the assessment of RV function.