Current cardiac imaging techniques for detection of left ventricular mass

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Review

Aksuyek S Celebi¹  Fatih Yalcin¹  Hulya Yalcin¹ 

[1] Cardiology Department, Tokat State Hospital, Tokat, Turkey;Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Imaging, Baltimore, USA;

关键词: Single Photon Emission Compute Tomography;    Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance;    Left Ventricular Hypertrophy;    Leave Ventricular Mass;    Conventional Echocardiography;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1476-7120-8-19

 received in 2010-01-21, accepted in 2010-06-01,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Estimation of left ventricular (LV) mass has both prognostic and therapeutic value independent of traditional risk factors. Unfortunately, LV mass evaluation has been underestimated in clinical practice. Assessment of LV mass can be performed by a number of imaging modalities. Despite inherent limitations, conventional echocardiography has fundamentally been established as most widely used diagnostic tool. 3-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) is now feasible, fast and accurate for LV mass evaluation. 3DE is also superior to conventional echocardiography in terms of LV mass assessment, especially in patients with abnormal LV geometry. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and cardiovascular computed tomography (CCT) are currently performed for LV mass assessment and also do not depend on cardiac geometry and display 3-dimensional data, as well. Therefore, CMR is being increasingly employed and is at the present standard of reference in the clinical setting. Although each method demonstrates advantages over another, there are also disadvantages to receive attention. Diagnostic accuracy of methods will also be increased with the introduction of more advanced systems. It is also likely that in the coming years new and more accurate diagnostic tests will become available. In particular, CMR and CCT have been intersecting hot topic between cardiology and radiology clinics. Thus, good communication and collaboration between two specialties is required for selection of an appropriate test.

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© Celebi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010