Right Ventricular Function in Heart Failure: The Long and Short of Free Wall Motion Versus Deformation Imaging

Affiliations

¹ From the Azrieli Heart Center, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB, Canada. lrudski@jgh.McGill.ca.
² From the Azrieli Heart Center, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB, Canada.

Editorial

Lawrence G Rudski et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;11(1):e007396.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.117.007396.

¹ From the Azrieli Heart Center, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB, Canada. lrudski@jgh.McGill.ca.
² From the Azrieli Heart Center, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; congestive heart failure; echocardiography; myocardial contraction; prognosis; right ventricle.

Comment on

Prognostic Value of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Superiority of Longitudinal Strain Over Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion.
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