PMID- 17904725
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080430
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0301-5629 (Print)
IS  - 0301-5629 (Linking)
VI  - 34
IP  - 1
DP  - 2008 Jan
TI  - Impact of the number of image planes of real-time three-dimensional 
      echocardiography on the accuracy of left atrial and ventricular volume 
      measurements.
PG  - 40-6
AB  - Real-time three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography (RT-3DE) has emerged as a new 
      technique in measuring left atrial and ventricular volume. However, the impact of 
      cutting planes of RT-3DE on the accuracy of volume measurement in patients with a 
      normal or enlarged heart is still unknown. We enrolled 30 normal subjects 
      (control group) and 30 patients with heart failure (patient group). RT-3DE was 
      performed to measure maximal volume of the left atrium (LAVmax) and left 
      ventricular end-diastole volume (LVEDV) with 2-, 4-, 8- and 16-cutting planes, 
      compared with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI). In both groups, LAVmax 
      by RT-3DE using 2- and 4-cutting planes was significantly underestimated (mean 
      difference: -10.4 +/- 16.6 mL, p = 0.001 and -8.8 +/- 14.2 mL, p = 0.002 in the 
      control group and -13.4 +/- 19.6 mL, p = 0.001 and -11.2 +/- 17.5 mL, p = 0.001 
      in the patient group, respectively). These differences became nonsignificant when 
      8- and 16-cutting planes were adopted (mean difference: -2.1 +/- 7.6 mL and -1.9 
      +/- 7.4 mL in the control group and -2.7 +/- 8.4 mL and -2.2 +/- 8.3 mL in the 
      patient group, respectively). The agreement for LVEDV was acceptable when 4- or 
      more cutting planes were used in the control group and when 8- or 16-cutting 
      planes were used in the patient group. The time expense for data analysis of 
      LAVmax with 8-image planes was only 7 +/- 4 min in the control group and 6 +/- 5 
      min in the patient group, almost halving that of the 16-image planes. Similarly, 
      4- and 8-cutting planes were required for an accurate measurement of LVEDV in the 
      control and patient groups, respectively. In conclusion, RT-3DE with 8-cutting 
      planes is both accurate and timesaving for measurement of LAVmax and LVEDV in 
      patients with normal or enlarged left atria and ventricles.
FAU - Li, Fang
AU  - Li F
AD  - Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese 
      Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Qilu Hospital, Shandong 
      University, Shandong, P. R. China.
FAU - Wang, Qian
AU  - Wang Q
FAU - Yao, Gui Hua
AU  - Yao GH
FAU - Zhang, Peng Fei
AU  - Zhang PF
FAU - Ge, Zhi Ming
AU  - Ge ZM
FAU - Zhang, Mei
AU  - Zhang M
FAU - Zhang, Yun
AU  - Zhang Y
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20070929
PL  - England
TA  - Ultrasound Med Biol
JT  - Ultrasound in medicine & biology
JID - 0410553
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/diagnostic imaging/pathology
MH  - Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Atria/diagnostic imaging/pathology
MH  - Heart Failure/*diagnostic imaging/pathology
MH  - Heart Ventricles/diagnostic imaging/pathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted/methods
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Observer Variation
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
EDAT- 2007/10/02 09:00
MHDA- 2008/05/01 09:00
CRDT- 2007/10/02 09:00
PHST- 2007/03/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/07/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/07/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/10/02 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/05/01 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/10/02 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0301-5629(07)00381-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.07.012 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ultrasound Med Biol. 2008 Jan;34(1):40-6. doi: 
      10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.07.012. Epub 2007 Sep 29.