Document Detail


Defining left ventricular apex-to-base twist mechanics computed from high-resolution 3D echocardiography: validation against sonomicrometry.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20223418     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: To compute left ventricular (LV) twist from 3-dimensional (3D) echocardiography. BACKGROUND: LV twist is a sensitive index of cardiac performance. Conventional 2-dimensional based methods of computing LV twist are cumbersome and subject to errors. METHODS: We studied 10 adult open-chest pigs. The pre-load to the heart was altered by temporary controlled occlusion of the inferior vena cava, and myocardial ischemia was produced by ligating the left anterior descending coronary artery. Full-volume 3D loops were reconstructed by stitching of pyramidal volumes acquired from 7 consecutive heart beats with electrocardiography gating on a Philips IE33 system (Philips Medical Systems, Andover, Massachusetts) at baseline and other steady states. Polar coordinate data of the 3D images were entered into an envelope detection program implemented in MatLab (The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, Massachusetts), and speckle motion was tracked using nonrigid image registration with spline-based transformation parameterization. The 3D displacement field was obtained, and rotation at apical and basal planes was computed. LV twist was derived as the net difference of apical and basal rotation. Sonomicrometry data of cardiac motion were also acquired from crystals anchored to epicardium in apical and basal planes at all states. RESULTS: The 3D dense tracking slightly overestimated the LV twist, but detected changes in LV twist at different states and showed good correlation (r = 0.89) when compared with sonomicrometry-derived twist at all steady states. In open chest pigs, peak cardiac twist was increased with reduction of pre-load from inferior vena cava occlusion from 6.25 degrees +/- 1.65 degrees to 9.45 degrees +/- 1.95 degrees . With myocardial ischemia from left anterior descending coronary artery ligation, twist was decreased to 4.90 degrees +/- 0.85 degrees (r = 0.8759). CONCLUSIONS: Despite lower spatiotemporal resolution of 3D echocardiography, LV twist and torsion can be computed accurately.
Authors:
Muhammad Ashraf; Andriy Myronenko; Thuan Nguyen; Akio Inage; Wayne Smith; Robert I Lowe; Karl Thiele; Carol A Gibbons Kroeker; John V Tyberg; Jeffrey F Smallhorn; David J Sahn; Xubo Song
Related Documents :
3155588 - Electrocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy in the presence of left ...
19949938 - The inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase improves impaired cardiac function and ...
8573858 - Left atrial or ventricular cannulation beyond 30 days for a thoratec ventricular assist...
20339358 - Bioimpedance analysis parameters and epicardial adipose tissue assessed by cardiac magn...
5602508 - Autoantibodies reacting with heart muscle tissue in coronary heart disease.
10089868 - Managing atrial tachyarrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators.
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Validation Studies    
Journal Detail:
Title:  JACC. Cardiovascular imaging     Volume:  3     ISSN:  1876-7591     ISO Abbreviation:  JACC Cardiovasc Imaging     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-12     Completed Date:  2010-06-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101467978     Medline TA:  JACC Cardiovasc Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  227-34     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, USA.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Disease Models, Animal
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional*
Female
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology,  ultrasonography*
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted*
Male
Myocardial Ischemia / complications,  physiopathology,  ultrasonography*
Reproducibility of Results
Swine
Torsion, Mechanical
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology,  physiopathology,  ultrasonography*
Ventricular Function, Left*

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Comparison of geometries for in vivo measurements of actinides in the skull.
Next Document:  Reproducibility of Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area, Vena Contracta, and Regurgitant Jet Area for A...