Comparison of strain doppler echocardiography and radiologic left ventriculography for quantitative assessment of regional myocardial function

• Published in: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 2008-03, Vol.24 (3), p.245-252
• Main Authors: Özer, Necla, Kılıç, Harun, Kepez, Alper, Kaya, Ergün Barış, Deniz, Ali, Atalar, Enver, Aksöyek, Serdar, Övünç, Kenan, Özmen, Ferhan, Kes, Sırrı
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cardiac Imaging; Cardiology; Coronary Angiography - methods; Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Disease - physiopathology; Echocardiography, Doppler - methods; Female; Humans; Imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Myocardial Contraction - physiology; Original Paper; Radiology; ROC Curve; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology
• ISSN: 1569-5794; 1573-0743
• DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9260-6

Objective We aimed to study the comparison of strain and strain rate parameters with conventional left ventriculography derived regional function. Method Forty patients were included in the study. The study group was selected from patients who had undergone left ventriculography and coronary angiography for clinical indications. Regional myocardial function was assessed using the centerline method via ACOM PC Quantcor LVA measurement system. Patients were also evaluated with echocardiography. Strain and strain rate Doppler echocardiographic measurements were compared with conventional left ventriculography at anterobasal, anterolateral, inferior and posterobasal segments. Results Radiological left ventricular radial shortening was found to correlate with longitudinal strain shortening in all ventriculographic segments examined (anterobasal, r  = 0.771, P