Kaul S
Am Heart J. 1986 Sep;112(3):568-81. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(86)90523-5.
The interventricular septum constitutes a major part of the heart and contributes to both left and right ventricular function. It is directly affected in certain disease states which can be diagnosed by echocardiographic examination of the septum. The septum also demonstrates characteristic patterns in cardiac conditions that do not directly affect it. These abnormal patterns have physiologic and diagnostic value. As a general rule, no matter what the diastolic configuration of the interventricular septum, it tries to assume its characteristic concave shape in systole. The significant exception is the presence of right ventricular pressure overload. The introduction of echocardiography has greatly increased our understanding of the interventricular septum in both health and disease.
室间隔构成心脏的主要部分，对左、右心室功能均有贡献。在某些疾病状态下，它会受到直接影响，这些疾病状态可通过对室间隔的超声心动图检查来诊断。在未直接累及室间隔的心脏疾病中，室间隔也会呈现出特征性模式。这些异常模式具有生理和诊断价值。一般来说，无论室间隔在舒张期的形态如何，它在收缩期都会试图呈现其特有的凹形。一个重要的例外是右心室压力负荷过重的情况。超声心动图的引入极大地增进了我们对室间隔在健康和疾病状态下的认识。
