Tag: RV strain

Say this 3 times fast… “Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion”

Steve Socransky • July 9, 2015 • 0 Comments

At the last EDE 3, Dr Andrea Unger presented the parasternal short axis view and some newer Cardiac EDE concepts. Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion was one of them, a term which I am hard-pressed to remember! Its acronym, TAPSE, is easier to recall, but Andrea wisely renamed this entity as “Base Jump”. While working […]

Localized PCE

Lloyd Gordon • November 3, 2014 • 2 Comments

I tend to think of pericardial effusions (PCE) as being very uniform around the heart. This one was very localized to the area noted on the image. The CT Abd. (I didn’t order it!) showed the same PCE. The history was severe diarrhea and weakness. I was a bit worried about the dilated right ventricle […]