Right ventricular outflow tract Doppler flow analysis and pulmonary arterial coupling by transthoracic echocardiography in sepsis: a retrospective exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Right ventricular (RV) and pulmonary vascular dysfunction appear to be common in sepsis. RV performance is frequently assessed in isolation, yet its close relationship to afterload means combined analysis with right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) Doppler and RV-pulmonary arterial (RV-PA) coupling may be more informative than standard assessment techniques. Data on feasibility and utility of these parameters in sepsis are lacking and were explored in this study.

Methods

This is a retrospective study over a 3-year period of one-hundred and thirty-one patients admitted to ICU with sepsis who underwent transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with RVOT pulsed wave Doppler. RVOT Doppler flow and RV-PA coupling was evaluated alongside standard measurements of RV systoli

SUBMITTER: Bowcock EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9527734 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature