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Evaluation of Left Ventricular Structure and Function using 3D Echocardiography
Published on: October 28, 2020
Technique for evaluating left ventricular performance with apical two-dimensional echocardiography: Progress report
Sidney K. Edelman1, Leonard W. Pechacek, Dennis W. Rowe
1Clayton Foundation for Research Cardiovascular Laboratories and the Division of Cardiology of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and the Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas.
Abstract:
A technique of modelling the left ventricle for the purpose of volume determination has been devised. Two-dimensional echocardiographic data from the apical four chamber and two chamber views are used to pattern the ventricle as a stack of elliptical discs. The method has been validated for an array of regular geometric shapes commonly associated with ventricular architecture. The relative advantages of this model are discussed.
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