DETECTION OF EARLY RIGHT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

Purpose: It was shown previously; that analysis of reflected high-intensity motion signals (RIMS), obtained from left heart structures during pulsed-wave doppler echocardiography is very effective in assessment of left ventricular diastolic function. The aim of our study was to determine if analysis of right side RIMS can be used for detection of early right ventricular (RV) diastolic dysfunction in patients with COPD and without clinical features of RV dysfunction. Methods and Materials: Parameters of standard PW doppler of tricuspid inflow and PW doppler of right side RIMS were measured in 38 patients with sev…