Comparison of echocardiographic parameters with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of right ventricular function

• Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2020-11, Vol.37 (11), p.1792-1802
• Main Authors: Agasthi, Pradyumna, Chao, Chieh‐Ju, Siegel, Robert J., Pujari, Sai Harika, Mookadam, Farouk, Venepally, Nithin R., Wang, Panwen, Ashraf, Hasan, Marcotte, Francois, Brown, Lisa, Semkiv, Oksana I., Fath, Ayman R., Allam, Mohamed N. A., Jokerst, Clinton E., Arsanjani, Reza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; echocardiography; right ventricular function; strain imaging
• ISSN: 0742-2822; 1540-8175
• DOI: 10.1111/echo.14877

Introduction The right ventricle (RV) strain measured by speckle tracking (RVS) is an echocardiographic parameter used to assess RV function. We compared RVS to RV fractional area change (FAC%), tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) and Doppler tissue imaging‐derived peak systolic velocity (Sʹ) in the assessment of right ventricular (RV) systolic function measured using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods We enrolled consecutive patients who underwent cardiac MRI between Jan 2012 and Dec 2017 and a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) within 1 month of the MRI with no interval event. Baseline clinical characteristics and MRI parameters were extracted from chart review. Echocardiographic parameters were measured prospectively. TTE parameters including RVS, TAPSE, Sʹ, and FAC% were tested for accuracy to identify impaired RV EF (EF