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The right ventricle

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Three-dimensional Echocardiography

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Abstract

Because the right ventricle (RV) has a much more complex geometry compared to the left ventricle, assessment of its volume and function is more challenging using two-dimensional (2D) echocardiographic image planes. This is due to the fact that no simple three-dimensional (3D) geometric model accurately represents this chamber even in the absence of disease. Although these conditions would clearly favor a 3D analysis, it is challenging to find an adequate acoustic window because of the retrosternal location of the RV.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Stephan von Bardeleben MD (Director, Echocardiography 2nd Medical Clinic)

  2. Department of Cardiology, Klinikum Westfalen, Dortmund, Germany

    Thomas Buck MD, FACC, FESC (Associate Professor of Medicine Director)

  3. Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Siloah, Hannover, Germany

    Andreas Franke MD, FESC (Associate Professor of Medicine Director)

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  3. King’s College Hospital, London, UK

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von Bardeleben, S., Buck, T., Franke, A. (2015). The right ventricle. In: Buck, T., Franke, A., Monaghan, M. (eds) Three-dimensional Echocardiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36799-1_6

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