Why the study?
Does three-dimensional echocardiography improve the accuracy of left ventricular mass determination compared to conventional methods?
Does three-dimensional echocardiography improve the accuracy of left ventricular mass determination compared to conventional methods?
Three-dimensional echocardiography is superior to conventional methods for determining left ventricular mass due to the elimination of geometric assumptions.
May improve LV mass accuracy with 3D echo; leaves open clinical adoption pending prospective trials.
Image plane positioning guidance and elimination of geometric assumptions by three-dimensional echocardiography achieve high accuracy for left ventricular mass determination in vitro. It is associated with higher correlations and lower standard errors than conventional methods in vivo.
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