title: Assessment of left ventricular volumes by use of one-, two-, and three-dimensional echocardiography versus magnetic resonance imaging in healthy dogs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To quantify left ventricle (LV) volumes by use of 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D echocardiography versus MRI in dogs.
  
  
  METHODS
  10 healthy Beagles.
  
  
  METHODS
  During anesthesia, each dog underwent an echocardiographic examination via the Teichholz method, performed on the basis of standard M-mode frames (1-D); the monoplane Simpson method of disk (via 2-D loops); real-time triplane echocardiography (RTTPE) with a 3-D probe; and real-time 3-D echocardiography with a 3-D probe. Afterward, cardiac MRI was performed. Values for the LV end-diastolic volume (EDV), end-systolic volume (ESV), and ejection fraction (EF) were compared between each echocardiographic method and the reference method (cardiac MRI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant differences for EDV, ESV, and EF were detected between RTTPE and cardiac MRI. Excellent correlations (r = 0.97, 0.98, and 0.95 for EDV, ESV, and EF, respectively) were found between RTTPE and values for cardiac MRI. The other echocardiographic methods yielded values significantly different from cardiac MRI and results correlated less well with results of cardiac MRI for EDV, ESV, and EF. Use of the Teichholz method resulted in LV volume overestimation, whereas the Simpson method of disk and real-time 3-D echocardiography significantly underestimated LV volumes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Use of RTTPE yielded excellent correlations and nonsignificant differences with cardiac MRI and is a suitable method for routine veterinary cardiac examination.
authors: Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany.
authors: Judith
authors: J
authors: Meyer
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Wefstaedt
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Dziallas
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Beyerbach
authors: Ingo
authors: I
authors: Nolte
authors: Stephan O
authors: SO
authors: Hungerbühler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D016014:Linear Models; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology