The assessment of right ventricular function during and following routine cardiac surgery and the evaluation of preserving pericardial integrity

The assessment of right ventricular tricuspid annular velocities and excursion is a robust and common technique of evaluating right ventricular function. The measurement of peak systolic myocardial velocities using pulsed wave tissue Doppler imaging correlates well with estimates of systolic functio...

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Main Author: Unsworth, Bethan
Other Authors: Francis, Darrel ; Mayet, Jamil
Published: Imperial College London 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.542156