Echocardiographic determination of right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: Validation of a truncated cone and rhomboid pyramid formula

Ghazi Al Ateah; Annemarie Kirschfink; Michael Frick; Mohammad Almalla; Michael Becker; Christian Cornelissen; Rainer Hoffmann; Nikolaus Marx; Ertunc Altiok

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0290418

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Echocardiographic determination of right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: Validation of a truncated cone and rhomboid pyramid formula

Ghazi Al Ateah ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ghazi Al Ateah, Annemarie Kirschfink

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Rhein-Maas Klinikum, Wuerselen, Germany
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Annemarie Kirschfink ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ghazi Al Ateah, Annemarie Kirschfink

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: akirschfink@ukaachen.de

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6779-6021

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Michael Frick,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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Mohammad Almalla,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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Michael Becker,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Rhein-Maas Klinikum, Wuerselen, Germany
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Christian Cornelissen,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Pneumology and Intensive Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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Rainer Hoffmann,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, St. Bonifatius Hospital, Lingen, Germany
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Nikolaus Marx,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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Ertunc Altiok

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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Echocardiographic determination of right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: Validation of a truncated cone and rhomboid pyramid formula

Ghazi Al Ateah,
Annemarie Kirschfink,
Michael Frick,
Mohammad Almalla,
Michael Becker,
Christian Cornelissen,
Rainer Hoffmann,
Nikolaus Marx,
Ertunc Altiok

Published: August 18, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290418

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