Assessment of Left Ventricular Mass by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

• Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 750 - 755
• Main Authors: Myerson, Saul G, Bellenger, Nicholas G, Pennell, Dudley J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA American Heart Association, Inc 01.03.2002; Hagerstown, MD Lippincott
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Echocardiography - methods; Heart; Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - pathology; Humans; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - diagnostic imaging; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Medical sciences; Reproducibility of Results; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Human; Heart disease; Animal; Cardiovascular disease; Medical imagery; Diagnosis; Technique; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Bibliographic review; Left ventricle; Hypertrophy
• ISSN: 0194-911X; 1524-4563
• DOI: 10.1161/hy0302.104674

Left ventricular hypertrophy is associated with significant excess mortality and morbidity. The study and treatment of this condition, in particular the prognostic implications of changes in left ventricular mass, require an accurate, safe, and reproducible method of measurement. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance is a suitable tool for this purpose, and this review assesses the technique in comparison with others and examines the clinical and research implications of the improved reproducibility.