Halszka Kamińska1, Łukasz A Małek2, Marzena Barczuk-Falęcka3, Bożena Werner4. 1. Department of Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. 2. Faculty of Rehabilitation, University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland. 3. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. 4. Department of Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. bozena.werner@wum.edu.pl.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Focusing on patients with arrhythmia, the aims of this study was to assess ventricular function in children using three-dimensional echocardiography (3D-ECHO) and to compare the results to those obtained with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). METHODS: The study group consisted of 43 children in whom 3D-ECHO and CMR were performed. Twenty-five patients had a ventricular arrhythmia, 7 left ventricular cardiomyopathies, 9 proved to be healthy. In all children, 3D-ECHO (offline analysis) was used to assess ventricular ejection fraction (EF). The results were compared to CMR using the Bland-Altman analysis and linear regression. The Student paired T-test was used to compare of means between both modalities. RESULTS: The relation between the results derived from both methods is linear (for left ventricle: estimated slope = 1.031, p < 0.0001, R-squared = 0.998; for right ventricle: estimated slope = 0.993, p < 0.0001, R-squared = 0.998). In spite of minimal mean differences between results for both ventricles and narrow 95% confidence intervals, the paired t-test proved those differences not to be significant (p > 0.05) for the right ventricle but statistically significant (p < 0.05) for the left ventricle, for which the left ventricular EF calculated in 3D-ECHO was systematically underestimated with a mean difference of -1.8% ± 2.6% (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Three-dimensional echocardiography assessment of both left and right ventricular EF in children showed high significant correlation and agreement with CMR. 3D-ECHO could be a valuable tool in follow-up of children with arrhythmic disorders requiring regular assessment of ventricular function.
BACKGROUND: Focusing on patients with arrhythmia, the aims of this study was to assess ventricular function in children using three-dimensional echocardiography (3D-ECHO) and to compare the results to those obtained with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). METHODS: The study group consisted of 43 children in whom 3D-ECHO and CMR were performed. Twenty-five patients had a ventricular arrhythmia, 7 left ventricular cardiomyopathies, 9 proved to be healthy. In all children, 3D-ECHO (offline analysis) was used to assess ventricular ejection fraction (EF). The results were compared to CMR using the Bland-Altman analysis and linear regression. The Student paired T-test was used to compare of means between both modalities. RESULTS: The relation between the results derived from both methods is linear (for left ventricle: estimated slope = 1.031, p < 0.0001, R-squared = 0.998; for right ventricle: estimated slope = 0.993, p < 0.0001, R-squared = 0.998). In spite of minimal mean differences between results for both ventricles and narrow 95% confidence intervals, the paired t-test proved those differences not to be significant (p > 0.05) for the right ventricle but statistically significant (p < 0.05) for the left ventricle, for which the left ventricular EF calculated in 3D-ECHO was systematically underestimated with a mean difference of -1.8% ± 2.6% (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Three-dimensional echocardiography assessment of both left and right ventricular EF in children showed high significant correlation and agreement with CMR. 3D-ECHO could be a valuable tool in follow-up of children with arrhythmic disorders requiring regular assessment of ventricular function.
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