Global and regional right ventricular mechanics in repaired tetralogy of Fallot with chronic severe pulmonary regurgitation: a three-dimensional echocardiography study.

Jurate BidvieneDenisa MuraruAttila KovacsBálint LakatosEgle EreminieneCsilla LiptaiJolanta-Justina VaskelyteRemigijus ZaliunasElena SurkovaLuigi P Badano

Published in: Cardiovascular ultrasound (2021)

3DTE allows a quantitative evaluation of the mechanics of global RVEF. In rToF with chronic volume overload, the relative contribution of the longitudinal shortening to global RVEF is affected more than either the radial or the anteroposterior components.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
computed tomography
left ventricular
drug induced
aortic valve
cross sectional
mass spectrometry
coronary artery disease
ultrasound guided