BIOMAT Database Logo BIOMAT Database Logo

[Evaluation of left ventricular function: echocardiography, MRI or CT?]. 2007

J Garot, and S Clément, and J-F Deux, and C Roiron, and J Paziaud, and J-L Monin, and G Jourdan, and A Rahmouni, and P Guéret
Fédération de cardiologie et département d'imagerie médicale, CHU Henri-Mondor, Faculté de médecine-université Paris 12, Créteil. jerome.garot@hmn.aphp.fr

The objective of this article is to clarify the advantages and limits of echocardiography, MRI, and CT for the determination of left ventricular (LV) function, emphasising the importance of evaluating global ventricular function. MRI is the reference technique, owing to its precision, reproducibility, and innocuous nature. However, echography is performed much more frequently because it is more widely available and easier to carry out. It is our reference technique in everyday practice. More recently, synchronised multi-slice tomodensitometry has provided dynamic reconstructed images of the left ventricle throughout the cardiac cycle, offering a succession of short axis views covering the entire volume of the ventricle. These acquisitions, in addition to non-invasive coronary angiography, allow the LV ejection fraction to be determined. With MRI, study of the LV function does not require any contrast medium to be injected and makes use of effective semi-automatic segmentation programs.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003952 Diagnostic Imaging Any visual display of structural or functional patterns of organs or tissues for diagnostic evaluation. It includes measuring physiologic and metabolic responses to physical and chemical stimuli, as well as ultramicroscopy. Imaging, Diagnostic,Imaging, Medical,Medical Imaging
D006352 Heart Ventricles The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation. Cardiac Ventricle,Cardiac Ventricles,Heart Ventricle,Left Ventricle,Right Ventricle,Left Ventricles,Right Ventricles,Ventricle, Cardiac,Ventricle, Heart,Ventricle, Left,Ventricle, Right,Ventricles, Cardiac,Ventricles, Heart,Ventricles, Left,Ventricles, Right
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013318 Stroke Volume The amount of BLOOD pumped out of the HEART per beat, not to be confused with cardiac output (volume/time). It is calculated as the difference between the end-diastolic volume and the end-systolic volume. Ventricular Ejection Fraction,Ventricular End-Diastolic Volume,Ventricular End-Systolic Volume,Ejection Fraction, Ventricular,Ejection Fractions, Ventricular,End-Diastolic Volume, Ventricular,End-Diastolic Volumes, Ventricular,End-Systolic Volume, Ventricular,End-Systolic Volumes, Ventricular,Fraction, Ventricular Ejection,Fractions, Ventricular Ejection,Stroke Volumes,Ventricular Ejection Fractions,Ventricular End Diastolic Volume,Ventricular End Systolic Volume,Ventricular End-Diastolic Volumes,Ventricular End-Systolic Volumes,Volume, Stroke,Volume, Ventricular End-Diastolic,Volume, Ventricular End-Systolic,Volumes, Stroke,Volumes, Ventricular End-Diastolic,Volumes, Ventricular End-Systolic
D016277 Ventricular Function, Left The hemodynamic and electrophysiological action of the left HEART VENTRICLE. Its measurement is an important aspect of the clinical evaluation of patients with heart disease to determine the effects of the disease on cardiac performance. Left Ventricular Function,Function, Left Ventricular,Functions, Left Ventricular,Left Ventricular Functions,Ventricular Functions, Left

Related Publications

J Garot, and S Clément, and J-F Deux, and C Roiron, and J Paziaud, and J-L Monin, and G Jourdan, and A Rahmouni, and P Guéret
Evaluation of left ventricular function by echocardiography.
July 1972, Circulation,
J Garot, and S Clément, and J-F Deux, and C Roiron, and J Paziaud, and J-L Monin, and G Jourdan, and A Rahmouni, and P Guéret
The evaluation of left ventricular function by echocardiography.
July 1977, The American journal of medicine,
J Garot, and S Clément, and J-F Deux, and C Roiron, and J Paziaud, and J-L Monin, and G Jourdan, and A Rahmouni, and P Guéret
[Evaluation of echocardiography for determining left ventricular function].
February 1994, Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae,
J Garot, and S Clément, and J-F Deux, and C Roiron, and J Paziaud, and J-L Monin, and G Jourdan, and A Rahmouni, and P Guéret
[Evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function using Doppler echocardiography].
January 1999, Medicinski pregled,
J Garot, and S Clément, and J-F Deux, and C Roiron, and J Paziaud, and J-L Monin, and G Jourdan, and A Rahmouni, and P Guéret
[Quantitative evaluation of left ventricular function using bidimensional echocardiography].
February 1990, Giornale italiano di cardiologia,
J Garot, and S Clément, and J-F Deux, and C Roiron, and J Paziaud, and J-L Monin, and G Jourdan, and A Rahmouni, and P Guéret
Use of echocardiography in the evaluation of left ventricular function.
February 1974, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine,
J Garot, and S Clément, and J-F Deux, and C Roiron, and J Paziaud, and J-L Monin, and G Jourdan, and A Rahmouni, and P Guéret
Echocardiography and left ventricular function.
November 1990, Equine veterinary journal,
J Garot, and S Clément, and J-F Deux, and C Roiron, and J Paziaud, and J-L Monin, and G Jourdan, and A Rahmouni, and P Guéret
Echocardiography and left ventricular function.
March 1977, The Medical journal of Australia,
J Garot, and S Clément, and J-F Deux, and C Roiron, and J Paziaud, and J-L Monin, and G Jourdan, and A Rahmouni, and P Guéret
Modern evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function using Doppler echocardiography.
May 2009, Current cardiology reports,
J Garot, and S Clément, and J-F Deux, and C Roiron, and J Paziaud, and J-L Monin, and G Jourdan, and A Rahmouni, and P Guéret
Doppler echocardiography in the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function.
December 1991, Current opinion in cardiology,
Copied contents to your clipboard!