RV function assessment.pptxRV function assessment.pptx

RV function assessment.pptx

1. Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Heart in Adults Alberta Claudia Undarsa

2. Right Heart Dimensions 01

3. Right Heart Dimensions 01

4. RV wall and coronary supply

5. RIGHT HEART DIMENSION End diastolic measurement Diameter > 42 mm at the base and > 35 mm at the mid level indicates RV dilatation. Longitudinal dimension > 86 mm indicates RV enlargement.

6. RV basal diameter End diastolic measurement Diameter > 42 mm at the base and > 35 mm at the mid level indicates RV dilatation. Longitudinal dimension > 86 mm indicates RV enlargement.

7. RV subcostal wall thickness

8. RVOT DIAMETER

9. RA DIMENSION & IVC If there is minimal IVC collapse with a sniff (<35%) and 🡪 RA pressure may be upgraded to 15 mm Hg. If uncertainty remains, RA pressure 🡪intermediate value of 8 mm Hg. patients who are unable to adequately perform a sniff 🡪 IVC that collapses < 20% with quiet inspiration suggests elevated RA pressure

10. RV SYSTOLIC FUNCTION: dP/dt and RIMP RIMP provides an index of global RV function RIMP can be falsely low in conditions associated with elevated RA pressures, which will decrease the IVRT Avoids errors related to variability in the heart rate Disadvantages: The MPI is unreliable when RV ET and TR time are measured with differing R-R intervals, as in atrial fibrillation MPI = (TCO – ET)/ET *Because of the lack of data in normal subjects, RV dP/dt cannot be recommended for routine uses. *RV dP/dt < approximately 400 mm Hg/s is likely abnormal. The pulsed Doppler sample volume is placed in either the tricuspid annulus or the middle of the basal segment of the RV free wall

11. RV SYSTOLIC FUNCTION: TAPSE Measured from the tricuspid lateral annulus Has good correlation with techniques estimating RV global systolic function (such as radionuclide-derived RV EF, 2D RV FAC,)

12. RV-PA UNCOUPLING

13. TRICUSPID ANNULAR VELOCITIES S’ velocity < 10 cm/s indicates RV systolic dysfunction.

14. FAC Care must be taken to exclude trabeculations while tracing the RV area. Normal RV FAC: 32% to 60% Mildly reduced : 25% to 31% moderately reduced : 18% to 24% severely reduced : 17% or less

15. PRESSURE OVERLOAD VOLUME OVERLOAD

16. Absolute values: Rv free wall strain Septal might be influenced by LV Absolute values< 20% 🡪 abnormal

17. RV Diastolic function Grading of RV Diastolic dysfunction Parameter Grading Tricuspid E/A ratio < 0.8 impaired relaxation E/A ratio of 0.8 to 2.1 with an E/e’ ratio > 6 pseudonormal filling Diastolic flow predominance in the hepatic veins Tricuspid E/A ratio > 2.1 with deceleration time < 120 ms Restrictive filling Recommendations: Measurement of RV diastolic function should be considered in patients with suspected RV impairment as a marker of early or subtle RV dysfunction, or in patients with known RV impairment as a marker of poor prognosis. Transtricuspid E/A ratio, E/ E ratio, and RA size have been most validated and are the preferred measures

18. HEMODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT A. Systolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure B. PA Diastolic Pressure C. Mean PA Pressure D. Pulmonary Vascular Resistance E. Measurement of PA Pressure During Exercise

19. Systolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure In the absence of a gradient of across the pulmonic valve or RVOT, SPAP is equal to RVSP. The normal cutoff value for invasively measured mean PA pressure is 25 mmHg.

20. Pulmonary Vascular Resistance △pressure = flow x resistance mean PA pressure = 79 - (0.45 X PvACCT) mean PA pressure = 1/3(SPAP) + 2/3(PADP)

21. PA DIASTOLIC PRESSURE PADP = 4 X (end-diastolic pulmonary regurgitant velocity) 2 + RA pressure MEAN PA PRESSURE mean PA pressure = 79 - (0.45 X PvACCT) mean PA pressure = 1/3(SPAP) + 2/3(PADP) PVACCT < 120 ms, the formula for mean PA pressure is 90 - (0.62 x AT) The recommended method : TR velocity, using the simplified Bernoulli equation, adding an estimate of RA pressure as detailed above. In patients with PA hypertension or heart failure , an estimate of PADP from either the mean gradient of the TR jet or from the pulmonary regurgitant jet should be reported. If the estimated SPAP is >35 to 40 mm Hg, stronger scrutiny may be warranted to determine if PH is present, factoring in other clinical information.

22. CLINICAL AND PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR ASSESSMENT The normal right ventricle is accustomed to low pulmonary resistance and because of its thin walls is relatively compliant. Conditions that acutely increase PVR (eg: pulmonary embolism) 🡪 increases in RV size prior to the augmentation of pulmonary pressures, which ultimately may result as the ventricle hypertrophies. Dilatation of the right ventricle thus is the first marker of increases in PVR. RV hypertrophies to overcome the elevated PVR🡪 decrease RV size + increase RV free wall thickness 🡪 increase in RVSP