Clément De Vecchi1, Jérôme Caudron2, Benjamin Dubourg3, Nathalie Pirot1, Valentin Lefebvre3, Fabrice Bauer4, Hélène Eltchaninoff4, Jean-Nicolas Dacher3. 1. Department of Radiology, Cardiac CT/MR Unit, Rouen University Hospital, 1 rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen, France. 2. Department of Radiology, Cardiac CT/MR Unit, Rouen University Hospital, 1 rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen, France; Inserm U1096, Rouen, France; University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen, France. Electronic address: Jerome.Caudron@chu-rouen.fr. 3. Department of Radiology, Cardiac CT/MR Unit, Rouen University Hospital, 1 rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen, France; Inserm U1096, Rouen, France; University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen, France. 4. Inserm U1096, Rouen, France; University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen, France; Department of Cardiology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Previous studies showed discrepancies between echocardiographic and multidector row CT (MDCT) measurements of aortic valve area (AVA). OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate the effect of the ellipsoid shape of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT), as shown and measured by MDCT, on the assessment of AVA by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in patients with severe aortic stenosis. METHODS: This retrospective single-center study involved 49 patients with severe aortic stenosis referred before transcatheter aortic valve implantation. The AVA was deduced from the continuity equation on TTE and from planimetry on cardiac MDCT. Area of the LVOT was calculated as follows: on TTE, from the measurement of LVOT diameter on parasternal long-axis view; on MDCT, from manual planimetry by using multiplanar reconstruction perpendicular to LVOT. RESULTS: At baseline, correlation of TTE vs MDCT AVA measurements was moderate (R = 0.622; P < .001). TTE underestimated AVA compared with MDCT (0.66 ± 0.15 cm2 vs. 0.87 ± 0.15 cm2; P < .001). After correcting the continuity equation with the LVOT area as measured by MDCT, mean AVA drawn from TTE did not differ from MDCT (0.86 ± 0.2 cm2) and correlation between TTE and MDCT measurements increased (R = 0.704; P < .001). CONCLUSION: Assuming that LVOT area is circular with TTE results in constant underestimation of the AVA with the continuity equation compared with MDCT planimetry. The elliptical not circular shape of LVOT largely explains these discrepancies.
BACKGROUND: Previous studies showed discrepancies between echocardiographic and multidector row CT (MDCT) measurements of aortic valve area (AVA). OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate the effect of the ellipsoid shape of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT), as shown and measured by MDCT, on the assessment of AVA by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in patients with severe aortic stenosis. METHODS: This retrospective single-center study involved 49 patients with severe aortic stenosis referred before transcatheter aortic valve implantation. The AVA was deduced from the continuity equation on TTE and from planimetry on cardiac MDCT. Area of the LVOT was calculated as follows: on TTE, from the measurement of LVOT diameter on parasternal long-axis view; on MDCT, from manual planimetry by using multiplanar reconstruction perpendicular to LVOT. RESULTS: At baseline, correlation of TTE vs MDCT AVA measurements was moderate (R = 0.622; P < .001). TTE underestimated AVA compared with MDCT (0.66 ± 0.15 cm2 vs. 0.87 ± 0.15 cm2; P < .001). After correcting the continuity equation with the LVOT area as measured by MDCT, mean AVA drawn from TTE did not differ from MDCT (0.86 ± 0.2 cm2) and correlation between TTE and MDCT measurements increased (R = 0.704; P < .001). CONCLUSION: Assuming that LVOT area is circular with TTE results in constant underestimation of the AVA with the continuity equation compared with MDCT planimetry. The elliptical not circular shape of LVOT largely explains these discrepancies.
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