Subjective Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function with Transesophageal Echocardiography

Echocardiography in Weaning Right Ventricular Mechanical Circulatory Support: Are We Measuring the Right Stuff?

“…26 Although the use of 'eyeballing' to assess RV function is common practice, 31 it has high interobserver variability, is imprecise in the hands of the less experienced sonographer, and is not recommended by current guidelines. 19,[32][33][34] Moreover, all of these methods are reliant upon the acquisition of good quality 2D imaging without artifact hindrance, which may not always be possible when MCS devices are positioned in the chambers of the heart (Figure 4).…”