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==Overview== | ==Overview== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate-Editor-In-Chief: Jad Z Al Danaf; Rim Halaby
Overview
Transthoracic echocardiography plays a key role in the diagnosis of right heart failure by showing signs of right ventricular hypertrophy, tricuspid regurgitaion and pulmonary hypertension.
Echocardiography
Transthoracic echocardiography plays a key role in the diagnosis of right heart failure and of the most common findings are:
- Right ventricle hypertrophy (>15mm thick at end diastole in adults)
- Right ventricle systolic dysfunction and wall motion abnormalities
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Congenital heart diseases findings (ASD should be suspected when there is RV dilatation with RBBB on EKG. A TEE is a better modality to rule it out than TTE)
- Dilated inferior vena cava. [1][2]