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Validation of 3D echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular volumes, mass, and ejection fraction in neonates and infants with congenital heart disease: a comparison study with cardiac MRI.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20855861     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: quantitative assessment and validation of left ventricular (LV) volumes and mass in neonates and infants with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) is important for clinical management but has not been undertaken. We compared matrix-array 3D echocardiography (3D echo) measurements of volumes, mass, and ejection fraction (EF) with those measured by cardiac MRI in young patients with CHD and small LVs because of either young age or LV hypoplasia.
METHODS AND RESULTS: thirty-five patients aged <4 years (median, 0.8 years) undergoing MRI were prospectively enrolled. Three-dimensional echo was acquired immediately after MRI, and volume, mass, and EF measurements, using summation of discs methodology, were compared with MRI. Three-dimensional echo end-diastolic volume (24.4±15.7 versus 24.8±46.4 mL; P=0.01; intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC], 0.96) and end-systolic volume (12.3±8.6 versus 9.6±6.8 mL; P<0.001; ICC, 0.90) correlated with MRI with small mean differences (-0.49 mL [P=0.6] and 2.7 mL [P=0.001], respectively). Three-dimensional echo EF was smaller than MRI by 9.3% (P<0.001), and 3D echo LV mass measurements were comparable to MRI (17.3±10.3 versus 17.6±12 g; P<0.77; ICC, 0.93), with a small mean difference (1.1 g; P=0.28). There was good intra- and interobserver reliability for all measurements.
CONCLUSIONS: in neonates and infants with CHD and small LVs (age appropriate or hypoplastic), matrix-array 3D echo measurements of mass and volumes compare well with MRI, providing an important modality for ventricular size and performance analysis in these patients, particularly in those with left-side heart obstructive lesions.
Authors:
Mark K Friedberg; Xioahong Su; Wayne Tworetzky; Brian D Soriano; Andrew J Powell; Gerald R Marx
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Validation Studies     Date:  2010-09-20
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging     Volume:  3     ISSN:  1942-0080     ISO Abbreviation:  Circ Cardiovasc Imaging     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-18     Completed Date:  2010-12-23     Revised Date:  2011-09-06    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101479935     Medline TA:  Circ Cardiovasc Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  735-42     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The Labatt Family Heart Center, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Child, Preschool
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods,  standards*
Heart Defects, Congenital / pathology,  ultrasonography*
Heart Ventricles / pathology,  ultrasonography*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Observer Variation
Organ Size
Prospective Studies
Reproducibility of Results
Stroke Volume*
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Erratum In:
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 Mar 1;4(2):e4

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