Abstract
Background Increased left atrial volume index (LAVI) has been shown to be an independent predictor of hard cardiovascular events. It can be determined by calculating left atrial (LA) volume through the use of either Simpson’ sm ethod or area-length method and indexing it to body surface area (BSA). Although there is no standardized method of calculating LA volume using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR), the aforementioned methods, which were originally validated for 2-dimensional echocardiography, have been used. We sought to assess the agreement between LAVI, obtained with the use of cardiac gated steady state free precession cine pulse sequence of contiguous short axis slices (LAVI1) and area-length method (LAVI2). Methods
Highlights
Increased left atrial volume index (LAVI) has been shown to be an independent predictor of hard cardiovascular events. It can be determined by calculating left atrial (LA) volume through the use of either Simpson’s method or area-length method and indexing it to body surface area (BSA)
There is no standardized method of calculating LA volume using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR), the aforementioned methods, which were originally validated for 2-dimensional echocardiography, have been used
We sought to assess the agreement between LAVI, obtained with the use of cardiac gated steady state free precession cine pulse sequence of contiguous short axis slices (LAVI1) and area-length method (LAVI2)
Summary
Quantification of left atrial volume using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: comparison of left atrial volume index measurements using the Simpson’s and bi-plane area-length methods. Hareeprasad R Vongooru, Ashenafi M Tamene*, Prabhjot S Nijjar, Sue Duval, Uma Valeti. From 17th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions New Orleans, LA, USA. From 17th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions New Orleans, LA, USA. 16-19 January 2014
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