July 2010

This guidelines document provides clinicians basic views to assess the right ventricle and right atrium, the various parameters to assess RV systolic and diastolic function, and the normal reference values from pooled data. This will enable echocardiographers to distinguish an abnormal right ventricle from a normal one. It is hoped that this document will lead to further work in establishing normal ranges in larger populations and that the application of the values included will enhance the value of echocardiography in recognizing RV dysfunction in clinical practice, in improving disease detection and in patient follow-up.