Echocardiography in pediatric pulmonary hypertension

PN Jone, DD Ivy - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can be a rapidly progressive and fatal disease. Although right
heart catheterization remains the gold standard in evaluation of PH, echocardiography …

Right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension: haemodynamics, structural changes, imaging, and proposal of a study protocol aimed to assess remodelling and …

LP Badano, C Ginghina, J Easaw… - European Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Although right ventricular (RV) failure is the main cause of death in patients with pulmonary
arterial hypertension (PAH), there is insufficient data about the effects of PAH treatment on …

Age-, body size-, and sex-specific reference values for right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by three-dimensional echocardiography: a multicenter …

F Maffessanti, D Muraru, R Esposito… - Circulation …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Right ventricular (RV) volumes and ejection fraction (EF) vary significantly
with demographic and anthropometric factors and are associated with poor prognosis in …

The effect of levosimendan on right ventricular function in patients with heart dysfunction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Hu, Z Wei, C Zhang, C Lu, Z Zeng - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Levosimendan exerts positive inotropic and vasodilatory effects. Currently, its effects on right
heart function remain uncertain. This systematic review and meta-analysis is intended to …

Reference values of tricuspid annular peak systolic velocity in healthy pediatric patients, calculation of z score, and comparison to tricuspid annular plane systolic …

M Koestenberger, B Nagel, W Ravekes, A Avian… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The tricuspid annular peak systolic velocity (TAPSV) is an echocardiographic measurement
assessing right ventricular systolic function in children and adults. We determined the growth …

Relationship between echocardiographic and magnetic resonance derived measures of right ventricular size and function in patients with pulmonary hypertension

H Shiran, RT Zamanian, MV McConnell… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) imaging is the mainstay of clinical
practice for evaluating right ventricular (RV) size and function, but its accuracy in patients …

[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive investigations of the right heart: how and why?

C Selton-Suty, Y Juillière - Archives of cardiovascular diseases, 2009 - Elsevier
The importance of right ventricular (RV) function in the clinical management of patients with
cardiopulmonary disorders is now well recognized. However, due to both its shape and …

Feasibility of intraoperative three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of right ventricular volumes and function in patients undergoing …

L Fusini, G Tamborini, P Gripari, F Maffessanti… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of the assessment of right
ventricular (RV) volumes and function using real-time three-dimensional (3D) …

Transthoracic right heart echocardiography for the intensivist

MA Hockstein, K Haycock, M Wiepking… - Journal of Intensive …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The impact of critical illness on the right ventricle (RV) can be profound and RV
dysfunction is associated with mortality. Intensivists are becoming more facile with bedside …

The positive effects of exercise in chemotherapy-related cardiomyopathy

E Cavarretta, G Mastroiacovo, A Lupieri, G Frati… - … Disease Prevention and …, 2017 - Springer
Anthracyclines such as doxorubicin, daunorubicin, epirubicin, mitoxantrone and idarubicin,
are powerful chemotherapeutic drugs used both in children and adult populations. Their …