Written by Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE and Andrea Fields, MHA, RDCS
Before jumping into assessing the RV with the Fractional Area Change method, lets recap the past couple weeks. Last week, we talked about two methods for quantifying the function of the RV (TAPSE & S’ Wave). We selected these methods to explain first due to ease, reproducibility and...
Written by Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE
Heart Failure (HF) – A reason to care about right heart size and function.
We have been teaching on correct techniques for right heart assessment (including TAPSE and RVSP) for a while now and we still seem to face a little resistance sometimes in regards to the clinical significance of right...
Written by Andrea Fields MHA, RDCS
We dedicated the month of April to learning about ways to implement right heart quantification into our routine exams. This month, we are going to continue that journey and discuss ways to evaluate the function of the right heart!
“RV systolic function should be assessed by at least one or...
Written by Andrea Fields MHA, RDCS
We have been discussing the importance of evaluating the right heart over the past few blogs this month. The ASE updated the chamber quantification guidelines that provided us with the correct methods to measuring size and function of the right ventricle (RV) and atrium (RA). This week, we are...
Written by Andrea Fields MHA, RDCS and Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE
We recently reviewed basic right heart anatomy and outlined the ASE updated recommendations for quantifying right heart size and function. For the 2nd part of our Right Heart blog series, we are going to discuss proper measurements for size evaluation of the right ventricle (RV).
Imaging...