RWMA – Echo

RWMA – Echo The term regional wall motion abnormality or RWMA can be used in any imaging which shows movements of the myocardial segments like echocardiography, cine cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, cine computed tomography and nuclear cardiology imaging. The left ventricular myocardium has been divided into 17 segments by the American Society of Echocardiography [1]. The true apex is a separate segment in this 17-segment nomenclature. In the previous 16 segment nomenclature, there is no separate true apical segment. True apical segment is beyond the left ventricular cavity towards the apex. More details at: Description at: Regional wall motion abnormalities in coronary artery disease Reference Manuel D Cerqueira, Neil J Weissman, Vasken Dilsizian, Alice K Jacobs, Sanjiv Kaul, Warren K Laskey, Dudley J Pennell, John A Rumberger, Thomas Ryan, Mario S Verani, American Heart Association Writing Group on Myocardial Segmentation and Registration for Cardiac Imaging. Standardized myocardial segmentation and nomenclature for tomographic imaging of the heart. A statement for healthcare professionals from the Cardiac Imaging Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2002 Jan 29;105(4):539-42.
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