Visually estimated ejection fraction by two dimensional and triplane echocardiography is closely correlated with quantitative ejection fraction by real-time three dimensional echocardiography

Structured PICO

Does visual estimation of LVEF using 2D and triplane echocardiography correlate with quantitative LVEF determined by real-time 3D echocardiography?

Intervention

Visual estimation of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) using two-dimensional (2D) and triplane (TP) echocardiography by an experienced reader

Comparator

Quantitative ejection fraction determined by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE)

Outcome

Correlation and variability between visual estimation and quantitative LVEF measurementssurrogate

Visual estimation of LVEF by experienced readers using 2D or triplane echocardiography correlates well with quantitative 3D echocardiography, supporting its clinical utility.

Abstract

Visual estimation of LVEF both using 2D and TP by an experienced reader correlates well with quantitative EF determined by RT3DE. There is an apparent trend towards a smaller variability using TP in comparison to 2D, this was however not statistically significant.

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Shahgaldi et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7b4cf6cc86f5f11b8a7a7 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-7-41

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