Qualitative assessment |
Enlarged right atrium and ventricle |
Right ventricular hypertrophy |
D shaped left ventricular cavity with flattening of the interventricular septum in systole |
Diminished/absent atrial wave of pulmonary valve |
Mid systolic closure or notching of pulmonary valve |
Haemodynamic assessment |
Tricuspid regurgitation velocity3-150 |
Right ventricular outflow tract flow acceleration time |
Pulmonary artery systolic flow acceleration time |
Right ventricular ejection time |
Right ventricular index of myocardial performance |
Timing of mid systolic deceleration of right ventricular ejection |
Right ventricular long axis function (marker of overall right ventricular systolic function) |
↵3-150 Most accurate echocardiographic technique for assessing pulmonary artery pressure.