Echocardiographic assessment of right heart hemodynamic parameters

Kwan S Lee; Amr E Abbas; Bijoy K Khandheria; Steven J Lester

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2007.03.002

Echocardiographic assessment of right heart hemodynamic parameters

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007 Jun;20(6):773-82. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.03.002.

Authors

Kwan S Lee¹, Amr E Abbas, Bijoy K Khandheria, Steven J Lester

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259, USA.

PMID: 17543756
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.03.002

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Blood Flow Velocity
Blood Pressure
Echocardiography, Doppler / methods*
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Stroke Volume*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology*
Ventricular Function, Right*