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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 131, Issue 2, Pages 217-224Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.10.020
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Left atrial volume; Multislice computed tomography; Echocardiography
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Background: Left atrial (LA) volume, is related to cardiovascular morbidity. LA enlargement is usually assessed using trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE). The association of modern multislice computed tomography (MSCT) imaging and new 3D reconstruction software, allows direct cardiac chamber volume measurement without geometrical assumptions. This study was designed to evaluate the maximal (LAmax) and minimal (LAmin) LA volumes during the cardiac cycle using MSCT and TTE approaches. Methods: We screened 26 consecutive patients referred for coronary imaging using a 64-MSCT scanner and a TTE within 12 h. Contiguous multiphase images were generated from axial MSCT data and semi-automated 3D segmentation technique was applied to generate LA volumes. Using TTE, LA volumes and LA ejection fraction (LAEF) were obtained using five assumptions methods: cubing equation, diameter-length formula, area-length formula, ellipsoidal formula and biplane Simpson rule. Results: Five patients were excluded for inadequate TTE visualization and one for ectopic beats during MSCT. The sample consisted in 20 patients (11 men, age: 56 +/- 14 years). Using MSCT, LA volumes indexed to body surface area were: LAmax= 74 +/- 27 ml/m(2), LAmin= 49 +/- 26 ml/m(2), with close correlations with TTE measurements and a significant underestimation by all TTE approaches. A close correlation was observed between LAEF using MSCT and TTE Simpson's method: 36 +/- 14% vs. 37 +/- 14%, r = 0.99, p<0.0001. Conclusion: Theses results suggest that the assessment of LA volumes and ejection fraction was reliable using 64-MSCT in patients referred for coronary computed tomography imaging. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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