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MRI of the Normal Right Ventricle at Rest

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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is perfectly suited to determination of right ventricular (RV) variables because the complex configuration of the RV is better described by three dimensional volume acquisition. This imaging modality has shown both accuracy and reproducibility for RV measurements and is, in most circumstances, superior to echocardiography. It is important to characterise normal variation in order to establish reference ranges for the healthy which can be used to determine abnormalities present in disease states. RV mass and volumes are affected by age, sex, race, and body size, and should be adjusted for patient demographics.

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Abbreviations

BMI:

Body mass index

BSA:

Body Surface Area

CMR:

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

LV:

Left ventricular

MESA-RV:

Multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis right ventricle study

RV:

Right ventricular

RVEF:

Right ventricular ejection fraction

RVEDV:

Right ventricular end diastolic volume

RVESV:

Right ventricular end systolic volume

RVM:

Right ventricular mass

RVSV:

Right ventricular stroke volume

SSFP:

Steady state free procession

SENC:

Strain encoding

TAPSE:

Tricuspid annular plane excursion

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