Reference intervals for the echocardiographic measurements of the right heart in children and adolescents: a systematic review

Table 7 Published reference data for right heart haemodynamics

MMeasurement	Method	Cantenotti[59]	Cui[16]	Daubeney[17]	Eidem[36]	Eidem[18]	Hershenson[60]	Innelli[22]	Ishii[8]	Kampmann[14]	McQuillan[43]	Mori[50]	Pettersen[29]	Roberson[53]
Time intervals
PV ejection period	CW/PW Doppler				x			x	x					x
PV ejection period	Tissue Doppler		x
PV pre-ejection period	CW/PW Doppler				x
Pulmonary artery diameter
PA diameter	PSAX			x									x
PA diameter	Unspecified									x
Right atrial pressures
E/Ea		x				x	x	x				x
RV Systolic pressures
RV-RA gradient											x
Pulmonary arterial systolic pressures
PASP	RAP 10 mmHg										x
Inferior VENA CAVA
IVC % collapse								x
IVC diameter								x

PV, pulmonary valve; CW, continuous wave; PW, pulsed wave; PA, pulmonary artery; PSAX, parasternal short-axis; E, early diastolic velocity; Ea, tissue Doppler early diastolic myocardial velocity; RV, right ventricle; RA, right atrium; PASP, pulmonary artery systolic pressure; RAP, right atrium pressure; IVC, inferior vena cava; %, percentage.

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