Right ventricular outflow tract function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Published in: Herz Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 624 - 628
• Main Authors: Geyik, B., Tarakci, N., Ozeke, O., Ertan, C., Gul, M., Topaloglu, S., Aras, D., Demir, A.D., Tufekcioglu, O., Golbasi, Z., Aydogdu, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Munich Urban & Vogel 01.06.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cardiology; Echocardiography - methods; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Internal Medicine; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Article; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnostic imaging; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - etiology; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - etiology; Right ventricular outflow tract; Evaluation; Right ventricular function; Transthoracic echocardiography; Rechtsventrikuläre Funktion; Chronisch obstruktive Lungenerkrankung; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Rechtsventrikulärer Ausflusstrakt; Transthorakale Echokardiographie; Untersuchung

Background It is clinically important to evaluate the severity of right ventricular (RV) overload in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is often associated with changes in the structure and the function of the right ventricle. Noninvasive and reliable assessment of RV...