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Real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography: feasibility of dynamic right ventricular volume measurement with saline contrast.

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Ota, T; Fleishman, CE; Strub, M; Stetten, G; Ohazama, CJ; von Ramm, OT; Kisslo, J
Published in: Am Heart J
May 1999

BACKGROUND: The asymmetry and complex shape of the right ventricle have made it difficult to determine right ventricular (RV) volume with 2-dimensional echocardiography. Three-dimensional cardiac imaging improves visualization of cardiac anatomy but is also complex and time consuming. A newly developed volumetric scanning system holds promise of obviating past limitations. METHODS: Real-time, transthoracic 3-dimensional echocardiographic images of the right ventricle were obtained with a high-speed volumetric ultrasound system that uses a 16:1 parallel processing schema from a 2.5 MHz matrix phased-array scanner to interrogate an entire pyramidal volume in real time. The instrumentation was used to measure RV volume in 8 excised canine hearts; dynamic real-time 3-dimensional images were also obtained from 14 normal subjects. RESULTS: Three-dimensional images were obtained in vitro and in vivo during intravenous hand-agitated saline injection to determine RV volumes. The RV volumes by real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography are well correlated with those of drained in vitro (y = 1.26x - 9.92, r = 0.97, P <.0001, standard error of the estimate = 3.26 mL). For human subjects, the end-diastolic and end-systolic RV volumes were calculated by tracing serial cross-sectional, inclined C scans; functional data were validated by comparing the scans with conventional 2-dimensional echocardiographic indexes of left ventricular stroke volume. CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate that RV volume measurements of excised heart by real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography are accurate and that beat-to-beat RV quantitative measurement applying this imaging method is possible. The new application of real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography presents the opportunity to develop new descriptors of cardiac performance.

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Am Heart J

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ISSN

0002-8703

Publication Date

May 1999

Volume

137

Issue

5

Start / End Page

958 / 966

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Function, Right
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Reference Values
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Humans
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
  • Dogs
 

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Ota, T., Fleishman, C. E., Strub, M., Stetten, G., Ohazama, C. J., von Ramm, O. T., & Kisslo, J. (1999). Real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography: feasibility of dynamic right ventricular volume measurement with saline contrast. Am Heart J, 137(5), 958–966. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-8703(99)70422-9
Ota, T., C. E. Fleishman, M. Strub, G. Stetten, C. J. Ohazama, O. T. von Ramm, and J. Kisslo. “Real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography: feasibility of dynamic right ventricular volume measurement with saline contrast.Am Heart J 137, no. 5 (May 1999): 958–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-8703(99)70422-9.
Ota T, Fleishman CE, Strub M, Stetten G, Ohazama CJ, von Ramm OT, et al. Real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography: feasibility of dynamic right ventricular volume measurement with saline contrast. Am Heart J. 1999 May;137(5):958–66.
Ota, T., et al. “Real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography: feasibility of dynamic right ventricular volume measurement with saline contrast.Am Heart J, vol. 137, no. 5, May 1999, pp. 958–66. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0002-8703(99)70422-9.
Ota T, Fleishman CE, Strub M, Stetten G, Ohazama CJ, von Ramm OT, Kisslo J. Real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography: feasibility of dynamic right ventricular volume measurement with saline contrast. Am Heart J. 1999 May;137(5):958–966.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am Heart J

DOI

ISSN

0002-8703

Publication Date

May 1999

Volume

137

Issue

5

Start / End Page

958 / 966

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Function, Right
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Reference Values
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Humans
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
  • Dogs