Comparison of echocardiographic acoustic quantification with off-line manual tracing for determining left ventricular volume and ejection fraction in pediatric patients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1428-1430

  Hardy, Bruce G ^a,b   Rice, Mary J ^a   McDonald, Robert W ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032374027     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00656-0     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. 1. Silverman NH, Ports TA, Snider AR, Schiller NB, Carlsson E, Heilbron DC. Determination of left ventricular volume in children: echocardiographic and angiographic comparisons. Circulation 1983;62:548-557.
2. 2. Perez JE, Waggoner AD, Barzilai B, Melton HE, Miller HG, Sobel BE. On-line assessment of ventricular function by automatic boundary detection and ultrasonic backscatter imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 1992;19:313-320.
3. 3. Vandenberg BF, Rath LS, Stuhlmuller P, Melton HE, Skorton DJ. Estimation of left ventricular cavity area with an on-line, semiautomated echocardiographic edge detection system. Circulation 1992;86:159-166.
4. 4. Perez JE, Klein SC, Prater DM, Fraser CE, Cardona H, Waggoner AD, Holland MR, Miller JG, Sobel BE. Automated, on-line quantification of left ventricular dimensions by echocardiography with backscatter imaging and lateral gain compensation. Am J Cardiol 1992;70:1200-1205.
5. 5. Gorscan J, Lazar JM, Schulman DS, Follansbee WP. Comparison of left ventricular function by echocardiographic automated border detection and by radionuclide ejection fraction. Am J Cardiol 1993;72:810-815.
6. 6. Vitarelli A, Penco M, Ferro-Luzzi M, Rosanio S, Dagianti A, Fedele F, Dagianti A. Assessment of diastolic left ventricular filling by echocardiographic automated border detection and comparison with radionuclide ventriculography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1996;9:135-146.
7. 7. Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1986;2:307-310.