Rapid Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

Author:

Belohlavek Marek1,Tanabe Kazuaki1,Jakrapanichakul Decho1,Breen Jerome F.1,Seward James B.1

Affiliation:

1. From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine (M.B., K.T., D.J., J.B.S.) and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (J.F.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Abstract

Background —Clinical applicability of conventional ultrasonographic systems using mechanical adapters for 3D echocardiographic imaging has been limited by long acquisition and processing times. We developed a rapid (6-s) acquisition technique that collects apical tomograms using a continuously internally rotating transthoracic transducer. This study was performed to examine the clinical feasibility of rapid-acquisition 3D echocardiography to estimate left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes using electron-beam computed tomography as the reference standard. Methods and Results —We collected a series of 6 to 11 apical echocardiographic tomograms, depending on heart rate, in 11 patients. There was good correlation, low variability, and low bias between rapid 3D echocardiography and electron-beam computed tomography for measuring left ventricular end-diastolic volume ( r =0.96; standard error of the estimate, 21.34 mL; bias, −4.93 mL) and left ventricular end-systolic volume ( r =0.96; standard error of the estimate, 14.78 mL; bias, −6.97 mL). Conclusions —The rapid-acquisition 3D echocardiography extends the use of a multiplane, internally rotating handheld transducer so that it becomes a precise and clinically feasible tool for assessing left ventricular volumes and function. A rapid-image acquisition time of 6 s would allow repeated image collection during the course of a clinical echocardiographic examination. Additional work must address rapid and automated data processing.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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