[Reproducibility of echocardiographic parameters by automatic detection of contours in hypertensive patients].
The reproducibility of automatic outline detection is a echocardiographic reproducibility which has been poorly evaluated in patients with cardiomyopathy. Two independent observers identified the systolic surface and mid and end diastolic surfaces of 27 hypertensive patients, who had been referred to the laboratory for the measurement of left ventricular mass. Each observer examined on two occasions all parameters and all parameters were measured at least 2 hours apart. The coefficient of variation (CV) expresses the reproducibility of each measurement. The intra observer was 10 to 15% and the inter observer 15 to 22% for the measurement of surface area. The coefficient of variation is regularly greater than 20% for measures of maximum speed, which characterise surface changes in diastole. The automatic detection of contours is a echocardiographic tool whose potential is great for evaluating left ventricular function but the current versions can only be applied to very selective group of patients depending on the quality of their echographic window for acoustic quantitation. This technique is very operator dependent, in particular as regards setting the gains and this explains its poor reproducibility and its limited interest in daily clinical practice.
Tremel
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Médecine interne et cardiologie, CHU, Grenoble.
Chevallier
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Siché
J P
JP
Mallion
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003971:Diastole; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
Reproductibilité des paramètres enregistrés en échographie cardiaque par la détection automatique de contours chez l'hypertendu.