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Published in: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 1/2009

Open Access 01-12-2009 | Review

Respiratory maneuvers in echocardiography: a review of clinical applications

Published in: Cardiovascular Ultrasound | Issue 1/2009

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Abstract

During echocardiographic examination, respiration induces cyclic physiological changes of intracardiac haemodynamics, causing normal variations of the right and left ventricle Doppler inflows and outflows and physiological variation of extracardiac flows. The respiration related hemodynamic variation in intra and extracardiac flows may be utilized in the echocardiography laboratory to aid diagnosis in different pathological states. Nevertheless, physiologic respiratory phases can cause excessive translational motion of cardiac structures, lowering 2D image quality and interfering with optimal Doppler interrogation of flows or tissue motion.
This review focuses on the impact of normal respiratory cycle and provocative respiratory maneuvers in echocardiographic examination, both in physiological and pathological states, emphasizing their applications in specific clinical situations.
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Metadata
Title
Respiratory maneuvers in echocardiography: a review of clinical applications
Publication date
01-12-2009
Published in
Cardiovascular Ultrasound / Issue 1/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1476-7120
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-7-42

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