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Right Ventricular Systolic Function

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The right ventricle (RV) is no longer the forgotten chamber as studies have shown that critically ill patients with dysfunction are high risk for mortality. Right ventricular failure can result from elevated pulmonary pressures, excessive preload, and myocardial dysfunction. In this chapter, we discuss measures of systolic function. In Chap. 11, assessments of diastolic function are described. There are several easy ways to evaluate RV systolic function from transannular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) with M-mode to systolic velocity with tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and simply systematically visualizing the RV in different windows.

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  • Right ventricular function
  • Right heart
  • Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion

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Abbreviations

AP 4:

Apical 4 Chamber View

IC :

Isovolumetric contraction

LV :

Left ventricle

PSA :

Parasternal Short Axis View

PSL :

Parasternal Long Axis View

RV :

Right ventricle

S′:

Systolic wave with tissue Doppler imaging

TAPSE :

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion

TDI:

Tissue Doppler imaging

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Alexis Salerno

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Alexis Salerno

  2. Department of Surgery, Program in Trauma and Critical Care, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    MD Daniel J. Haase

  3. Department of Surgery, Program in Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA

    MD Sarah B. Murthi

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This video shows the D-Sign on the parasternal short axis view (MP4 4810 kb)

This video shows RV dysfunction on the apical 4 chamber view (MP4 2055 kb)

This video shows progressive RV dysfunction (MP4 39494 kb)

This video shows the cursor placement for TAPSE (MP4 6178 kb)

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Salerno, A. (2021). Right Ventricular Systolic Function. In: Salerno, A., Haase, D.J., Murthi, S.B. (eds) Atlas of Critical Care Echocardiography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74687-2_12

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