Live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular volumes, ejection fraction, and mass compared with magnetic resonance imaging.
Due to reliance upon geometric assumptions and foreshortening issues, the traditionally utilized transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography (2DTTE) has shown limitations in assessing left ventricular (LV) volume, mass, and function. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown potential in accurately defining these LV characteristics. Recently, the emergence of live/real time three-dimensional (3D) TTE has demonstrated incremental value over 2DTTE and comparable value with MRI in assessing LV parameters. Here we report 58 consecutive patients with diverse cardiac disorders and clinical characteristics, referred for clinical MRI studies, who were evaluated by cardiac MRI and 3DTTE. Our results show good correlation between the two modalities.
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Xin
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University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
Cogar
Bryan
B
Hsiung
Ming Chon
MC
Nanda
Navin C
NC
Miller
Andrew P
AP
Yelamanchili
Pridhvi
P
Baysan
Oben
O
Wu
Yu Shu
YS
Lan
Gong Yau
GY
Ko
James S
JS
Cheng
Charles H
CH
Lin
Chang Chyi
CC
Huang
Chien Ming
CM
Yin
Wei Hsian
WH
Young
Mason Shing
MS
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D013318:Stroke Volume