DETERMINATION OF LEFT-VENTRICULAR VOLUME IN CHILDREN - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC AND ANGIOGRAPHIC COMPARISONS
DETERMINATION OF LEFT-VENTRICULAR VOLUME IN CHILDREN - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC AND ANGIOGRAPHIC COMPARISONS
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.62.3.548
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
HEILBRON, DC
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作者:
SILVERMAN, NH;PORTS, TA;HEILBRON, DC
Left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction were calculated from the M-mode and twodimensional echocardiograms and cineangiograms in 20 children, ages 2 months to 18 years. The cube and cor-rected cube methods were used to calculate volumes from the M-mode recordings. Ventricular volumes were measured from two-dimensional echocardiograms using the apical long-axis and apical four-chamber views. Endocardial outlines were traced from the televised images with a light pen and analyzed by a microcomputer. With a single-plane area-length method, the end-diastolic volume, end-systolic volume, stroke volume and ejec-tion fraction were calculated for each left ventricular view. The ventricularvolumes and ejection fraction were computed by biplane area-length and Simpson's rule methods from the combined recorded outlines of the two left ventricular views. The volumes and ejection fraction determined by echocardiography were compared with those determined from biplane cineangiograms recorded 24 hours after the echocardiographic studies. In general, the correlation coefficients were better for the two-dimensional than the M-mode technique. Two-dimensional echocardiography was a good predictor of the angiographic end-diastolic volume but overesti-mated slightly the angiographic end-systolic volume. For ejection fraction, the best correlation with angiography was achieved by the two-dimensional echocardiographic techniques, especially the biplane area-length method (r= 0.82) and the apical, long-axis, single-plane area-length method (r= 0.77). Two-dimensional echocardiography is more accurate than M-mode echocardiography for predicting angiographic left ventricular volume and function in pediatric patients.)LEFT VENTRICULARvolume determination is useful in children with congenital heart disease for evaluating left ventricular function, intracardiac and extracardiac shunts,'-7 and pulmonary blood flow in patients with aortopulmonary transposition. 8 The standard method for evaluating left ventricular volume is an invasive technique that uses ventricular outlines traced from cineangiograms.'An accurate, noninvasive technique for determining left ventricular volume and ejection fraction in children has not been established. 10 Measurements of ventricular volume and ejection fraction by M-mode echocardiography may be compromised by segmental dysfunction or paradoxical septal motion. In studies in adults," 16 two-dimensional echocardiography is more accurate than M-mode echocardiography for estimating ven-