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Right ventricular three-dimensional echocardiography: the current status and future perspectives

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This review focused on right ventricular (RV) three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) and discussed the following agenda. First, we summarized the clinical RV anatomy and function-related RV3DE use followed by the explanations about 3DSTE image acquisition, including pitfall. Next, we reviewed the reliability and feasibility of RV volume and RV ejection fraction measurements during the last decade. Besides, we described the techniques that might overcome the dropout images at RV anterior and out tract including the current limitations. Finally, speckle tracking echocardiography by RV3DE and novel RV shape assessment were reviewed. This review will help you get comprehensive information on the current status and future perspectives of RV3DE.

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modified from Addetia K, Maffessanti F, Muraru D, et al. [50] with permission from the publisher. Copyright © 2018, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

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Supplementary file1 Right ventricular activation image derived from 3D speckle tracking echocardiography. This case has severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. Compared to other areas, the contraction at right ventricular outflow tract is delayed on the coronal plane (right upper video), showing peristalsis-like contraction, which corresponds to the red area on the polar map. See Figure 3 (MP4 2445 kb)

Supplementary file2 Right ventricular border detection by the full automatic 3D echocardiographic system. Initially, a right ventricular focused 3D image is displayed. Just 10 seconds after the instruction of a 3D right ventricular image acquisition, accurate boundaries are displayed on the short (upper and middle)- and long-axis (lower) multiplanar reconstruction images. Center images are boundaries at end diastole and the right ones are boundaries at end systole (MP4 10624 kb)

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Seo, Y., Ishizu, T., Ieda, M. et al. Right ventricular three-dimensional echocardiography: the current status and future perspectives. J Echocardiogr 18, 149–159 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-020-00468-8

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