Assessment of right ventricular dysfunction in patients with mitral stenosis: A speckle tracking study.
Kamuran KalkanFikriye KalkanEmrah AksakalOktay GulcuZakir LazogluUgur AksuAli Fuat KorkmazSelami DemirelliPublished in: Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU (2019)
RV dysfunction is common in patients with MS and is associated with higher rehospitalization rate and morbidity. Evaluation of RV strain and strain rate for early detection of RV dysfunction and prediction of rehospitalization may be an appropriate approach in mitral stenosis.