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Impact of presence of abnormal wall motion on echocardiographic determination of left ventricular function with automated boundary detection technique: re-evaluation

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It is still unclear whether echocardiography with an automated boundary detection technique (ABD) can accurately determine the left ventricular (LV) volume and function particularly in the presence of LV wall asynergy. We intended to re-evaluate the reliability and application of the ABD, which was based on the acoustic quantification technique (Sonos 2500, Hewlett Packard) for the LV volume measurement in patients without or with LV wall asynergy. A total of 80 patients (mean age 56 years) who underwent left ventriculography (LVG) were divided into two groups. The group A consisted of 29 patients with normal LV wall motion and the group B consisted of 51 patients with generalized or regional LV wall motion abnormality. In group A patients, the LV end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) was 96 ± 25 ml by ABD and 112 ± 33 ml by LVG and those of LV end-systolic volume (LVESV) were 44 ± 14 ml by ABD and 48 ± 17 ml by LVG, thus resulting in the underestimation of LV volume by 12% in average. Under these conditions, the LV ejection fraction (LVEF) by ABD, 54 ± 8%, correlated well with that by LVG, 58 ± 7%. Although underestimation of LV volume by 17% in average also occurred in groups B (N.S.), LVEF was found to correlate well with that by LVG; 27 ± 8% vs 30 ± 11% (r=0.87, SEE=3.1%) for 21 patients with the generalized LV asynergy; 39 ± 10% vs 39 ± 12% (r=0.86. SEE=3.3%) for 30 patients with the regional LV asynergy. These results demonstrate the feasibility of the ABD in determining the LVEF, although underestimation can occur in measuring the absolute LV volume in patients with or without LV asynergy.

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  1. The Cardiology Division of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565, Japan

    GuiCan Zhang, Ko Nakamura, Satoshi Nakatani, Masaaki Uematsu, Yoshio Yasumura, Kunio Miyatake & Masakazu Yamagishi

  2. Echocardiographic Laboratory, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565, Japan

    Takanori Tsukada, Norio Tanaka & Yoshikazu Masuda

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Zhang, G., Nakamura, K., Tsukada, T. et al. Impact of presence of abnormal wall motion on echocardiographic determination of left ventricular function with automated boundary detection technique: re-evaluation. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 14, 253–259 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006060105703

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