Level 1 Video Lecture: Size and Function

Richard Fisher
Richard Fisher
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Published 2023-07-17
This is the third in a series of lectures designed to lead you through the British Society of Echocardiography's level 1 accreditation curriculum. This lecture covers how to make rapid qualitative assessments of ventricular size and function during focused echocardiography.

Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:15 - The role of the focused echo in patient assessment
01:19 - Normal LV anatomy
03:26 - LV coronary artery blood supply
05:25 - LV wall thickness
07:27 - LV cavity size (inc. LVIDd)
13:19 - Overview of LV systolic function
17:33 - Fractional Shortening (FS)
18:42 - E-Point Septal Separation (EPSS)
20:01 - Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities (RWMAs)
22:59 - Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF)
25:01 - LV long-axis function (inc. MAPSE)
26:41 - Normal RV anatomy
30:23 - RV wall thickness
31:34 - RV cavity size
35:24 - Inter-ventricular septal position (inc. Eccentricity Index)
39:33 - Overview of RV systolic function
40:16 - RV long-axis function (inc. TAPSE)
43:04 - RV radial contractility
44:30 - RV Fractional Area Change (RV FAC)
46:07 - Atrial cavity size
47:29 - Inter-atrial septal position
49:09 - Summary

This is a modified version of a video first uploaded in 2019 (ammended to take in to account updated BSE normal reference intervals, published after this video was first produced).
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