Single-plane and biplane echocardiography: Use of targeted scan planes improves the estimates of left ventricular volume and shape for analysis of postinfarction remodeling

Yasuhiko Takemoto, Kazuaki Tanabe, Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran, Karla V. Ballman, James B. Seward, Marek Belohlavek

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Abstract

Objective: Acute myocardial infarction and subsequent left ventricular (LV) remodeling induce complex geometric changes quantifiable by 3-dimensional (3D) echocardiography. Our objective was to determine accurate 2-dimensional echocardiographic techniques for analysis of diastolic and systolic LV volume and shape in remodeled hearts. Methods: We obtained 3D apical scans from 16 patients at the acute stage, and at 1 and 6 months after acute myocardial infarction. LV volumes were calculated by 7 methods: (1) Teichholz; (2) Teichholz including the infarcted area; (3) single-plane area-length (AL) using a 2-chamber (2CH) view; (4) single-plane AL using a 4-chamber (4CH) view; (5) single-plane AL using a view including the infarcted area; (6) biplane AL using 2CH and 4CH views; and (7) biplane AL using a view including the infarction region and corresponding orthogonal view (method ALBMIO). LV shape was assessed by 5 methods: (1) a 2CH view; (2) a 4CH view; (3) a single-plane view including the infarcted area; (4) biplane (2CH and 4CH) views; and (5) biplane views including the infarction region and corresponding orthogonal view (method BMIO). Results: For end-diastolic and end-systolic LV volume assessments, all 7 methods correlated with the 3D reference, but method ALBMIO performed best (end-diastolic: r = 0.931, bias = 17.4 mL; endsystolic: r = 0.946, bias = 11.2 mL). For LV shape assessments, method BMIO showed the smallest difference from the 3D reference. Conclusions: With 2-dimensional echocardiographic techniques, quantitative analysis of LV volume and shape is most accurate when a component scan plane is targeted through the infarcted myocardial region.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)448-456
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume16
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2003

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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