Feasibility of real-time three-dimensional stress echocardiography : pharmacological and semi-supine exercise

BACKGROUND: Real time three dimensional (RT3D) echocardiography is an accurate and reproducible method for assessing left ventricular shape and function.

AIM: assess the feasibility and reproducibility of RT3D stress echocardiography (SE) (exercise and pharmacological) in the evaluation of left ventricular function compared to 2D.

METHODS AND RESULTS: One hundred eleven patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease underwent 2D and RT3DSE. The agreement in WMSI, EDV, ESV measurements was made off-line.The feasibility of RT-3DSE was 67%. The inter-observer variability for WMSI by RT3D echo was higher during exercise and with suboptimal quality images (good: k = 0.88; bad: k = 0.69); and with high heart rate both for pharmacological (HR < 100 bpm, k = 0.83; HR > or = 100 bpm, k = 0.49) and exercise SE (HR < 120 bpm, k = 0.88; HR > or = 120 bpm, k = 0.78). The RT3D reproducibility was high for ESV volumes (0.3 +/- 14 ml; CI 95%: -27 to 27 ml; p = n.s.).

CONCLUSIONS: RT3DSE is more vulnerable than 2D due to tachycardia, signal quality, patient decubitus and suboptimal resting image quality, making exercise RT3DSE less attractive than pharmacological stress.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

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Cardiovascular ultrasound - 8(2010) vom: 24. März, Seite 10

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pratali, Lorenza [VerfasserIn]
Molinaro, Sabrina [VerfasserIn]
Corciu, Anca I [VerfasserIn]
Pasanisi, Emilio M [VerfasserIn]
Scalese, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Sicari, Rosa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3S12J47372
Cardiotonic Agents
Clinical Trial
Dobutamine
Journal Article
Validation Study

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Date Completed 17.06.2010

Date Revised 20.10.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/1476-7120-8-10

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM196803624