Fast Data Acquisition and Analysis with Real Time Triplane Echocardiography for the Assessment of Left Ventricular Size and Function: A Validation Study
Why the study?
Does real time simultaneous triplane echocardiography improve the accuracy and reproducibility of left ventricular volume and ejection fraction assessment compared to standard two-dimensional echocardiography?
Population
24 patients with various degrees of left ventricular dysfunction in sinus rhythm with good image quality
Comparison
Real time simultaneous triplane echocardiography vs Standard two-dimensional echocardiography, with…
Design
Cross-sectional
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Discussion
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Implication
May support RT3PE over 2DE for LV quantification; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Structured PICO
Does real time simultaneous triplane echocardiography improve the accuracy and reproducibility of left ventricular volume and ejection fraction assessment compared to standard two-dimensional echocardiography?
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Population
24 patients with various degrees of left ventricular dysfunction (EF from 36 to 57%) in sinus rhythm with good image quality
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Intervention
Real time simultaneous triplane echocardiography (RT3PE)
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Comparator
Standard two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE), with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) as the reference standard
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Outcome
Accuracy and reproducibility of left ventricular (LV) volumes (end-diastolic and end-systolic) and ejection fraction (EF) compared to CMRsurrogate
Real time triplane echocardiography provides faster, more accurate, and more reproducible measurements of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction than conventional 2D echocardiography.
Cite This Study
Nucifora et al. (2008) studied this question.