The Dark Side of the Moon – Significant Disagreements between Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Parameters of the Right Ventricular Function in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Our study shows that, in a population of patients with acute myocardial infarction, measurements of RV function obtained by standard 2DE have varying degrees of correlation with 3D RVEF, and the subsequent classification of RV function using current cut-off values for these parameters leads to the misclassification of a significant number of patients.