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🟠 Right ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary artery pressure

Right ventricle and pulmonary artery Normal interval Mildly abnormal Moderately abnormal Severely abnormal RV DIMENSIONS Basal RV diameter (RVD 1), cm 2.0–2.8…

Right Ventricular Infarction: Recognition and Haemodynamic Management

…separate catalogue of symptom patterns. The severity of right ventricular involvement should be considered when inferior infarction is accompanied by disproportionate systemic venous congestion, hypotension…

Right bundle branch block (RBBB): ECG, criteria, definitions, causes & treatment

…is by definition 120 ms or longer. ECG criteria for right bundle branch block (RBBB) QRS duration ≥0,12 seconds. Leads V1 V2: The QRS…

Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH): ECG criteria & clinical characteristics

…the most common causes. ECG changes in right ventricular hypertrophy V1 and V2 shows larger R waves and smaller S waves. The R wave may…

Right ventricular strain: definition, causes, echocardiography

…behind the sternum and thus is the most anteriorly located part of the heart. The right ventricle has a complicated anatomy. In cross section (SAX…

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy / Dysplasia (ARVC, ARVD)

…Likewise, the right ventricle may appear functionally and morphologically normal on echocardiography and cardiac MRI during the first two decades of life. The most common…

🟠 Left and right atrium

…m2 22 ± 6 29–33 34–39 40 22 ± 6 29–33 34–39 40 ​BSA, Body surface area; LA, left atrial; RA, right atrial.

Left atrial enlargement (P mitrale) & right atrial enlargement (P pulmonale) on ECG

ECG Hypertrophy and dilatation Atrial enlargement: left atrial enlargement (P mitrale) and right atrial enlargement (P pulmonale) The atria may become dilated and/or hypertrophic…

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR/TI)

…BSA. Basal segments of the right ventricle (i.e parts on the atrial side of the tricuspid annulus) function as atrium and becomes dilated. The…

Biventricular hypertrophy ECG and clinical characteristics

ECG Hypertrophy and dilatation Biventricular hypertrophy Simultaneous hypertrophy of the left and right ventricle is rather common. The ECG has low sensitivity with respect to…

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