Reply to Letter to the Editor: “Is Right Ventricle– to–Left Ventricle Diameter Ratio, A Static  Parameter Measured by Computed Tomography  Pulmonary Angiography, An Effective Index of  Right Ventricular Function?’’

Erol, Serhat; Gürün Kaya, Aslıhan; Arslan, Fatma; Ayöz, Sümeyye; Gürsoy Çoruh, Ayşegül; Kul, Melahat; Özçınar, Evren; Çiledağ, Aydın; Önen, Zeynep Pınar; Kaya, Akın; Özdemir Kumbasar, Özlem; Konstantinides, Stavros V.

doi:10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2024.4938

Letter to the Editor Reply

Reply to Letter to the Editor: “Is Right Ventricle– to–Left Ventricle Diameter Ratio, A Static Parameter Measured by Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography, An Effective Index of Right Ventricular Function?’’

Serhat Erol ¹

, Aslıhan Gürün Kaya ¹

, Fatma Arslan ¹

, Sümeyye Ayöz ¹

, Ayşegül Gürsoy Çoruh ²

, Melahat Kul ²

, Evren Özçınar ³

, Aydın Çiledağ ¹

, Zeynep Pınar Önen ¹

, Akın Kaya ¹

, Özlem Özdemir Kumbasar ¹

, Stavros V. Konstantinides ⁴

¹Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
²Department of Radiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye x
³Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
⁴4Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), Mainz, Germany

Anatol J Cardiol 2025; 29(1): 48-48 PubMed ID: 39704310 PMCID: PMC11694694 DOI: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2024.4938

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To the Editors,

We thank the authors¹ for their comments and contributions. We agree that echocardiography gives real-time information about right heart function and situations like intracardiac thrombus. However, computed tomography findings may be helpful in situations like, if echocardiography is not available and an initial decision such as hospitalization or intensive care unit referral is needed.²

References

Naser A. Is right ventricle–to–left ventricle diameter ratio, a static parameter measured by computed tomography pulmonary angiography, an effective index of right ventricular function?. Anatol J Cardiol. 2025;29(1):46-47. https://doi.org/10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2024.4842
Erol S, Gürün Kaya A, Arslan F. Agreement between transthoracic echocardiography and computed tomography pulmonary angiography for detection of right ventricular dysfunction in pulmonary embolism. Anatol J Cardiol. 2024;28(8):393-398. https://doi.org/10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2024.3562