Analysis of the right ventricular function by thermodilution method.

Thermodilution right ventricular ejection fraction. Remaining questions.

Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction Transfer Function Analysis of the Ventricular Function: A New Method for Calculating

J Nucl Med. Liang-Chih Wu, Shin-Hwa Yeh, Zen Chen, Por-Fen Chiou, Shyh-Jen Wang and Ren-Shyan Liu Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction Transfer Function Analysis of the Ventricular Function: A New Method for Calculating http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/31/8/1294 This article and updated information are available at: http://jnm.snmjournals.org/site/subscriptions/online.xhtml Information about s...

Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function by Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in Asthmatic Children

BackgroundAsthma is the most chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways in children and asthmatic patients can experience cardiac dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension and finally cor pulmonale later in life. We aimed to investigate Right Ventricular (RV) functions in asthmatic children by conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE).Materials and Methods Pulmonary function tests, con...

Determination of the Effects of Digoxin on the Right Ventricular Function in Patients Undergoing Pneumonectomy

Introduction: Pneumonectomy is the standard treatment of lung cancer, even though patients should undergo several evaluations before surgery; deterioration of cardiopulmonary function after pulmonary resection is inevitable. We have evaluated the effects of digoxin on the improvement of right ventricular function and prevention of probable complications after lung resection surgery. Materials a...

Combined thermodilution and two-dimensional echocardiographic evaluation of right ventricular function during respiratory support with PEEP.

In ten patients requiring respiratory support for an episode of acute respiratory failure (ARF), the best therapeutic level of PEEP was determined by measurement of changes in lung and chest wall compliance (CT) during a PEEP challenge from 0 to 20 cm H2O. During this challenge, hemodynamic monitoring combined with thermodilution measurement of right ventricular (RV) ejection fraction (EF) and ...