Quantitative assessment of right ventricular geometric remodeling in pulmonary hypertension secondary to left-sided heart disease using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography.
We assessed right ventricular (RV) geometric remodeling quantitatively in patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to left-sided heart disease using real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography by comparing segmental and total volumes to that in normal subjects. The comparison result revealed that RV geometric remodeling in the PH group mainly occurred at the basal, mid-basal, and mid-segments. Total RV end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes in the PH group were significantly larger than that in normal subjects.
Sukmawan
Renan
R
Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan. renan@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp
Akasaka
Takashi
T
Watanabe
Nozomi
N
Akiyama
Maki
M
Wada
Nozomi
N
Taniguchi
Manabu
M
Kawamoto
Takahiro
T
Yoshida
Kiyoshi
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling