TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION A1 - Kaplan, Adolfo A1 - Mayo, Paul H. A2 - Levitov, Alexander B. A2 - Mayo, Paul H. A2 - Slonim, Anthony D. Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Critical Care Ultrasonography, 2e AB - Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is common in critically ill patients.1–3 It is associated with multiple clinical scenarios frequently encountered by the intensivist, including acute cor pulmonale (ACP), acute RV dysfunction of sepsis, and acute RV infarction. In addition, the assessment of RV function is essential for the determination of a patient’s preload responsiveness. Echocardiography is the best available method to diagnose and monitor RV function at the bedside, as it provides the intensivist with a prompt, accurate, noninvasive, and serial method to monitor the function of the right heart and its response to different interventions. This chapter describes a variety of echocardiographic methods to assess RV function that are particularly relevant to critical care practice for both the basic and advanced critical care echocardiographer. While the assessment of RV function in the noncritically ill patient is beyond the purview of this chapter, the techniques described here are also applicable to the assessment of RV function in the ambulatory patient. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1125015624 ER -