Key result
Three-dimensional echocardiography is a highly reproducible tool that shows good agreement with cardiac magnetic resonance for assessing pediatric ventricular function, though it tends to underestimate volumes.
Why the study?
Accurate assessment of ventricular function is crucial in paediatric cardiology, requiring frequent evaluation where three-dimensional echocardiography may serve as a valuable modality and supplement to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
Does three-dimensional echocardiography accurately assess ventricular function in children compared to cardiac magnetic resonance?
Does three-dimensional echocardiography accurately assess ventricular function in children compared to cardiac magnetic resonance?
3D-ECHO is a highly reproducible and feasible alternative or supplement to CMR for frequent assessment of ventricular function in children, despite a tendency to underestimate volumes.
Offers reproducible pediatric assessment when CMR unavailable; leaves open need for volume correction before routine adoption.
The accurate assessment of ventricular function is crucial in paediatric cardiology because its results affect the diagnosis and clinical management. Children with cardiovascular problems require frequent evaluation of ventricular function parameters; therefore, three-dimensional echocardiography may be the perfect modality to address that issue and a valuable supplement to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. In the present article we review the literature in search of strengths and limitations of quantitative three-dimensional echocardiography for its clinical use in paediatric cardiology.
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Kamińska et al. (2018) conducted a review in Cardiovascular diseases. Three-dimensional echocardiography (3D-ECHO) vs. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) was evaluated on Accuracy and agreement of ventricular volume and function assessment. Three-dimensional echocardiography is a highly reproducible tool that shows good agreement with cardiac magnetic resonance for assessing pediatric ventricular function, though it tends to underestimate volumes.
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