title: Right ventricle function assessment by MDCT.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The right ventricle is often overlooked on chest and even cardiac MDCT studies. This article will review the normal anatomy of the right ventricle on MDCT and the signs of its functional alterations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MDCT signs of right ventricular dysfunction should be known and checked in relevant cases, such as pulmonary embolism in particular, and in any disease that affects both the structure and function of the lungs in general.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
authors.forename: Michaël V M
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: Cristina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Drăgean
authors.forename: Emmanuel E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Coche
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*