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Risk calculators and risk factors for Scoliosis echocardiography or ultrasound |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rohan A. Bhimani, M.B.B.S., D.N.B., M.Ch.[2]
Overview
Scoliosis may be complicated with pulmonary hypertension when associated with severe curves. Enlargement of the right chamber of the heart with thick interventricular septum may be seen on echocardiography in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
Echocardiography
Scoliosis may be complicated with pulmonary hypertension when associated with severe curves. .Transthoracic echocardiogram should be done to assess right heart functions including:[1]
- Pulmonary arterial pressure
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- Enlarged right heart chambers
- Abnormal shape and function (displacement) of interventricular septum
- Right ventricular wall hypertrophy
- Dilated main pulmonary artery
References
- ↑ Galiè N, Hoeper MM, Humbert M, Torbicki A, Vachiery JL, Barbera JA; et al. (2009). "Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS), endorsed by the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)". Eur Heart J. 30 (20): 2493–537. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp297. PMID 19713419.