title: Nuclear assessment of right ventricle.
abstract: For many years, the right ventricle (RV) has been considered a passive chamber with a relatively insignificant role in the overall functionality of the heart. More recently, the role of performance of RV in the clinical presentation and long-term prognosis of multiple pathological states, such as congenital heart diseases, chronic heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Despite echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance are the 2 most commonly used imaging techniques for noninvasive assessment of RV, nuclear imaging provides new opportunities for comprehensive evaluation of RV from a single study, because it can assess right ventricular perfusion and metabolism as well as morphology and ejection fraction. In this review, we summarize the application of radionuclide techniques (nuclear cardiology) for evaluation of the RV, focusing on its emerging role in the assessment of right ventricular perfusion and metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cuocolo
authors.forename: Santo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dellegrottaglie
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prastaro
authors.forename: Gianluigi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Savarese
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Assante
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zampella
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paolillo
authors.forename: Oriana
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Scala
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ruggiero
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marsico
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perrone Filardi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: function; metabolism; morphology; radionuclide imaging; right ventricle