Guidelines and Standards
Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Heart in Adults: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography: Endorsed by the European Association of Echocardiography, a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology, and the Canadian Society of Echocardiography

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Keywords

Right ventricle
Echocardiography
Right atrium
Guidelines

Abbreviations

ASE
American Society of Echocardiography
AT
Acceleration time
EF
Ejection fraction
ET
Ejection time
FAC
Fractional area change
IVA
Isovolumic acceleration
IVC
Inferior vena cava
IVCT
Isovolumic contraction time
IVRT
Isovolumic relaxation time
MPI
Myocardial performance index
MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging
LV
Left ventricle
PA
Pulmonary artery
PADP
Pulmonary artery diastolic pressure
PH
Pulmonary hypertension
PLAX
Parasternal long-axis
PSAX
Parasternal short-axis
PVR
Pulmonary vascular resistance
RA
Right atrium
RIMP
Right ventricular index of myocardial performance
RV
Right ventricle
RVH
Right ventricular hypertrophy
RVOT
Right ventricular outflow tract
RVSP
Right ventricular systolic pressure
SD
Standard deviation
SPAP
Systolic pulmonary artery pressure
TAM
Tricuspid annular motion
TAPSE
Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion
3D
Three-dimensional
TR
Tricuspid regurgitation
2D
Two-dimensional

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