Usefulness of Right Ventricular Fractional Area Change to Predict Death, Heart Failure, and Stroke Following Myocardial Infarction (from the VALIANT ECHO Study)

The right ventricle in patients with chronic heart failure and atrial fibrillation

“…Additionally, they were more prone to develop CHF and were at higher risk of stroke than control individuals. Each 5% decrease in baseline RVFAC was associated with a 1.53 (95% CI 1.24-1.88) increased risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular outcomes [8]. Substudy from the SAVE study in subjects after MI with impaired LV function showed that RV dysfunction was an independent risk factor of total mortality, cardiovascular mortality and occurrence of CHF.…”

“…The method is reliable also in patients with AF [62]. Percentage change in the surface of the RV (RVFAC) can also be assessed [8]. It is possible to calculate the ratio of RV global function (MPI, myocardial performance index).…”

Mechanism of Pressure-Overload Right Ventricular Hypertrophy in Infant Rabbits

“…Right ventricular fractional area change (RVFAC) was defined using the formula (end-diastolic area -end-systolic area)/end-diastolic area. [14][15][16][17] RV myocardial performance index (MPI) is used as an indicator of global RV function. We calculated this as previously described.…”

Factors associated with long-term prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction of the right ventricle, evaluated by the kaplane-meyer method

“…Доведено, що зниження скоротливої здатності ПШ є самостійним потужним фактором ризику смерті (62 %), раптової смерті (79 %), серцевої недостатності (СН) (48 %) та інсульту (2,95 рази) без впливу на ри-зик повторного ІМ. А зменшення систолічної функції ПШ на кожні 5 % асоціюється зі збільшенням ризику фатальних і нефатальних серцево-судинних усклад-нень на 53 % [8,9].…”