Resumen de Right Ventricular Function: Imaging Techniques
The right ventricle is challenging to image and its function may be affected by numerous cardiovascular diseases, including those traditionally viewed as left heart specific.
Echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular function is warranted in dogs and cats with known or suspected cardiovascular disease.
Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, fractional area change, and right ventricular systolic myocardial velocity are appealing for routine clinical assessment of right ventricular function.
Myocardial performance index, strain-based imaging, and three-dimensional imaging are more time consuming but may be helpful in specific situations.
Further study of right ventricular function indices is warranted, particularly in animals with cardiovascular disease.
