Three-dimensional echocardiography: the future today!

Roelandt, Jos R.T.C.

doi:10.1016/s0097-8493(00)00074-1

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“…Quantitative 3D echocardiography has been successfully used in neonates, children, and adults to measure ventricular volume and function, and its accuracy has been evaluated. [19][20][21][22]25,[38][39][40] The measurements obtained demonstrated good correlation with an anatomic specimen of known volume, with in vitro data, and with 3D magnetic resonance imaging volumes used as the standard of reference. This finding suggested that 3D echocardiography might be an accurate noninvasive method of ventricular volumes in patients with CHD.…”

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“…36 The technique used in the current fetal study is analogous to the 3D technology used in clinical studies on neonates, children, and adults. 25,33,34,[38][39][40][41][42] The electromagnetic position sensor system provided the freedom to make repeated adjustments in transducer position and angulation similar to conventional fetal echocardiographic visualization of ventricular morphology during 3D data acquisition. 24,32 Three-dimensional data acquisition was technically easy to perform; however, both the multiplanar and surface 3D reconstructions were limited by maternal abdominal and uterine wall artifacts, the quality and number of fetal acoustic windows, inadequate image resolution due to fetal movements during data acquisition, and mismatched fetal cardiac gating.…”

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“…This finding suggested that 3D echocardiography might be an accurate noninvasive method of ventricular volumes in patients with CHD. 19,22,25,[38][39][40]…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thus, numerous reports have suggested that 3D sonography should be used instead of 2D and one-dimensional echocardiography when obtaining measurements of volumes and masses in patients with abnormal ventricles. [19][20][21][22]25,38,39 However, quantitative normal values for ventricular volume and systolic function have not yet been defined by 3D echocardiography in either children or fetuses. We noted exponential growth of ventricular volumes in healthy fetuses and fetuses with CHD.…”

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Three‐dimensional quantitative echocardiographic assessment of ventricular volume in healthy human fetuses and in fetuses with congenital heart disease.

Meyer‐Wittkopf

Cole

Cooper

et al. 2001

J of Ultrasound Medicine

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of three-dimensional freehand echocardiographic assessment of ventricular volumetry in healthy fetuses and in fetuses with congenital heart disease. The study was approved by the hospital institutional review board. After echocardiographic examination by conventional ultrasonographic equipment interfaced with a magnetic tracking system, three-dimensional cardiac data were collected prospectively in 57 fetuses. Ventricular volumes were determined from three-dimensional data sets, and 22 fetuses with congenital heart disease were compared with 29 healthy fetuses. A multiple regression analysis of covariance was performed to assess between-group differences. Gated three-dimensional volume data sets enabled assessment of ventricular volumes in 51 of the 57 fetuses. Both fetuses with and without congenital heart disease had exponential increases in cardiac volumes during gestation. In fetuses with congenital heart disease and a marked inequality of ventricular size but no heart failure, the combined end-diastolic and stroke volumes of both ventricles were found to be significantly reduced compared with controls with no disease and fetuses with other types of congenital heart disease. Three-dimensional imaging can provide estimates of ventricular volume changes in fetal hearts with abnormal ventricular morphology that cannot easily be performed by two-dimensional echocardiography, and it may provide insight into evolving congenital heart disease.

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“…This finding suggested that 3D echocardiography might be an accurate noninvasive method of ventricular volumes in patients with CHD. 19,22,25,[38][39][40]…”

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Three‐dimensional quantitative echocardiographic assessment of ventricular volume in healthy human fetuses and in fetuses with congenital heart disease.

Meyer‐Wittkopf

Cole

Cooper

et al. 2001

J of Ultrasound Medicine

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“…This methodology is limited because the extent of a perfusion defect cannot be accurately assessed from a single slice of the heart. Until recently, three-dimensional (3D) imaging had been mainly based on consecutive acquisition of multiple planes followed by offline volume reconstruction (2,3). Furthermore, quantification of myocardial perfusion requires dynamic changes in myocardial contrast, such as boluses of contrast media (4,5).…”

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