A comparison of left ventricular mass between two-dimensional echocardiography, using fundamental and tissue harmonic imaging, and cardiac MRI in patients with hypertension

• Published in: European journal of radiology Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 103 - 109
• Main Authors: Alfakih, Khaled, Bloomer, Tim, Bainbridge, Samantha, Bainbridge, Gavin, Ridgway, John, Williams, Gordon, Sivananthan, Mohan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.11.2004
• Subjects: 2D echocardiography; Adult; Aged; Cardiac MRI; Echocardiography - methods; Female; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - pathology; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - complications; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - complications; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - diagnostic imaging; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - pathology; LVH; LVM; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Tissue harmonic imaging; Hypertension; 2D echocardiography; LVM; Tissue harmonic imaging; Cardiac MRI; LVH

Purpose: To compare left ventricular mass (LVM) as measured by two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography using two different calculation methods: truncated ellipse (TE) and area length (AL), in both fundamental and tissue harmonic imaging frequencies, to LVM as measured by, the current gold standard, ca...