Written by Yvonne Prince ACS, RDCS, RVT, RDMS, FASE
CardioServ has posted various blogs on the topics of Right Heart Quantification and RVSP, following ASE guidelines. If you missed them, you can find them here. One of the biggest factors in determining the RVSP via echo is evaluating and measuring the tricuspid regurgitant (TR) Doppler jet. ...
Written by Andrea Fields MHA, RDCS
Us clinicians commonly ask the same popular question in our field, "What is the cut-off ranges for pulmonary hypertension?!" We want to help better understand the basics of determining the presence of pulmonary hypertension with echocardiography.
First let's start with one important key item to...
Written by Andrea Fields MHA, RDCS
Over that past two months, we have discussed various methods for evaluating the right heart. Guided from the updated ASE chamber quantification guidelines, we have been able to elaborate on quantifying methods for:
Imaging Windows to Optimize Visualization of the Right Heart
Right Ventricle...
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
CardioServ is dedicating the month of April to right heart quantification awareness! This month we will present a series of blogs to review the proper methods to quantify right ventricular size and function.
The right heart has jokingly been referred to as the step-child of the heart with...
