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Comparison of left atrial size by freehand scanning three-dimensional echocardiography and two-dimensional echocardiography

2003; Oxford University Press; Volume: 5; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1525-2167(03)00050-7

ISSN

1525-2167

Autores

Junichi Kawai, Kazuaki Tanabe, C WANG, Tomoko Tani, Tsukasa Yagi, H Shiotani, Sachiko Morioka,

Tópico(s)

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Resumo

Aims: As the left ventricular (LV) dimension is a poor indicator of LV volume, there are well-known limitations of left atrial (LA) antero-posterior dimensions as indicators of chamber size. LA volume has been shown to provide a more accurate assessment of LA size than LA dimension. To evaluate two-dimensional (2D)-derived LA volume in assessing LA size, we compared LA dimension and 2D LA volume with three-dimensional (3D)-derived LA volume.

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