Objective: Compared to adults, fetal heart rates (HR) are elevated necessitating higher frame rates (FR) for strain analysis by speckle tracking echocardiography. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of high FR compared to low FR on strain analysis in 2D speckle tracking.
Methods: Fetal echocardiography was prospectively performed and acquired from the apical or basal four-chamber views of the heart. Images were optimized for clear delineation of myocardial walls and stored in either raw Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) cine-loop format for offline analysis with a low FR of 60 frames per second (fps) or in the original FR (acoustic FR = AFR). For each loop, right (RV) and left (LV) ventricular fetal longitudinal peak systolic strain (LPSS) values were assessed by 2D Wall Motion tracking.Results: One hundred and three healthy fetuses were included with a mean gestational age of 26.3 ± 5.5 weeks. Mean AFR was 127 ± 26 fps. A mean FR/HR ratio was assessed of 0.42 and 0.90 between the low FR and AFR group, respectively. Relating to LPSS values, there was a significant difference between low FR and AFR for both ventricles (LV: −16.5% ± 3.9% (low FR) vs −13.6% ± 3.5% (AFR); and RV: −15.1% ± 3.6% (low FR) vs −12.6% ± 3.7% (AFR), both P < 0.001).
Conclusions: Fetal LV and RV LPSS values derived with high AFR were significantly lower than corresponding LPSS values analyzed with low FR of 60 fps. Future studies are needed to clarify the clinical importance of this relationship. K E Y W O R D S fetal echocardiography, myocardial strain, wall motion How to cite this article: Enzensberger C, Rostock L, Graupner O, et al. Wall motion tracking in fetal echocardiography-Application of low and high frame rates for strain analysis.
Objectives: To determine correlation between macroscopic appearances of superficial endometriotic lesions noted at laparoscopy and the final histopathology diagnosis. Methods: A prospective cohort study involving consecutive women with chronic pelvic pain who underwent laparoscopy between January 2015 -December 2016. The laparoscopic findings were recorded in terms of location, number and morphological description (i.e. red spot, white spot, pocket and/or fibrous adhesion) of the endometriotic lesions. These findings were correlated with the final histopathological diagnosis. All endometriotic lesions were excised at the time of laparoscopy. Results: A total of 77 consecutive women underwent laparoscopy. 9/77 were noted to have deep infiltrating endometriosis with bowel involvement and were excluded. 4/77 had a negative laparoscopy with normal pelvis. 64/77 had visualised lesions suspicious of superficial endometriosis. The mean age of the women was 27.7±7.7 y, 37% were nulliparous, 27.5% had previous history of endometriosis. A total of 180 biopsies were collected .The description of lesion were: red spots74/180, white spot 87/180, peritoneal pocket 11/180 and adhesions 8/180. Overall histopathological confirmation rate for endometriosis was 56%.There was no correlation between lesion distribution, morphology and positive diagnosis of endometriosis (p-value=0.8). These parameters were not statistically different in the presence of past history of endometriosis (p-value=0.19). Conclusions: Although the numbers in this study are small, there is no correlation between the macroscopic appearance of superficial endometriosis lesions and gold standard histological confirmation.
P19: FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY II
P19.01Application of different frame rates in two-dimensional speckle-tracking in fetal echocardiography and their influence on strain analysis Objectives: Frame rates (FR) used for strain analysis assessed by speckle tracking in fetal echocardiography show a huge variation. Due to high fetal heart rates, appropriate high FR are requested for application in the fetus. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the FR on strain analysis in two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was performed. Based on an apical or basal four-chamber view of the fetal heart, cine loops were acquired on a Toshiba Aplio 500 system. Each loop was digitally stored twice: firstly as a DICOM (digital imaging and communications in medicine) file with a FR of 60 frames per second (fps), secondly with the original FR (acoustic FR = AFR). For each loop, fetal global longitudinal peak systolic strain (LPSS) values of both, left (LV) and right ventricle (RV), were assessed by 2D Wall Motion tracking. Results: A total of n=48 healthy fetuses were included. Mean gestational age was 26.5 ± 5.5 weeks. The AFR was 129 ± 23 fps. Relating to global LPSS values of both ventricles, there was a significant difference between DICOM FR and AFR (LV: -17.3% ± 3.6% (DICOM FR) vs. -15.0% ± 3.1% (AFR)...
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