Echocardiographic assessment of right heart hemodynamic parameters.
Echocardiography is currently the primary clinical method for the noninvasive measurement of right heart hemodynamic parameters and is an indispensable tool for the initial assessment, diagnosis, longitudinal follow-up, and prognostication of patients with abnormal right heart function. This review will discuss the echocardiographic methods used to estimate right heart hemodynamic parameters.
Lee
Kwan S
KS
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259, USA.
Abbas
Amr E
AE
Khandheria
Bijoy K
BK
Lester
Steven J
SJ
D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013318:Stroke Volume; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right