Table 5.

Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Ventricular Function

	Mean ± SD	Lower Limit of Normal
Longitudinal systolic function
TAPSE, mm	21.8 ± 3.8	15.2
RV TDIs’	13.2 ± 2.3	9.4
RV GLS, |%|	25.4 ± 3.8	18.2
RVFWS, |%|	28.3 ± 4.3	20.0
Circumferential systolic function
RV FAC, %	42.8 ± 4.3	35.3
RVEF (3D echo), %	56 ± 6	44
Systolic and diastolic function
RIMP (PW Doppler)	0.25 ± 0.085	0.0
RIMP (TDI)	0.38 ± 0.08	0.22

Adapted with permission from Addetia et al¹⁴ and Addetia et al.¹⁵

FWS = free wall strain; GLS = global longitudinal strain; PW = pulsed wave; RIMP = right ventricular index of myocardial performance; TAPSE = tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; TDI = tissue Doppler imaging; other abbreviations as in Table 3.