Right Ventricular Function Clinical Trial
Official title:
RV Function by Strain and MRI
Echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular function is an important diagnostic tool,
and is a challenge due to the unique structure and anatomy of the right ventricle. Lately a
new technique has been developed and used for evaluating both the left and the right
ventricle function. This technique, called two dimensional (2D) speckle tracking, is based
on detecting speckles in the myocardial tissue and using them as acoustic markers. The
movement of these speckles represents the movement of the tissue, and allows us to evaluate
its function, contraction and relaxation, this by calculating the strain rate, which is the
speed of the speckles, and the strain, which is the distance between them.
In the last few years this technique has been used to evaluate the systolic function of the
right ventricle in several pathological conditions, such as pulmonary hypertension,
pulmonary embolism and amyloidosis. Nonetheless, so far there has been little data on the
normal RV strain and strain rate values.
In this study the investigators aim to validate two dimensional (2D) speckle tracking
measurements of the RV function by comparing them to strain measurements by cardiac MRI.
Each patient performing cardiac MRI for any indication will perform an echocardiography
examination in addition, and strain analysis performed on the cardiac MRI will be compared
with two dimensional speckle tracking analysis performed on the echocardiography.
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Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective
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