Improved Accuracy of Quantitative Assessment of Left Ventricular Volume and Ejection Fraction by Geometric Models with Steady-State Free Precession

• Published in: Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 327 - 339
• Main Authors: Thiele, Holger, Paetsch, Ingo, Schnackenburg, Bernhard, Bornstedt, Axel, Grebe, Olaf, Wellnhofer, Ernst, Schuler, Gerhard, Fleck, Eckart, Nagel, Eike
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Informa UK Ltd 2002
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Diagnostic Errors; Female; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; Image Enhancement; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Cardiovascular; Observer Variation; Rest - physiology; Severity of Illness Index; Statistics as Topic; Stroke Volume - physiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - epidemiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology

The purpose of this study was to determine whether steady-state free precession (SSFP) could improve accuracy of geometric models for evaluation of left ventricular (LV) function in comparison to turbo gradient echo (TGrE) and thereby reduce the acquisition and post-processing times, which are commo...