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Quantitation of Ventricular Size and Function:
Author(s) -
Mele Donate,
Levine Robert A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01233.x
Subject(s) - ventricular function , ventricular volume , cardiology , medicine , quantitative assessment , volume (thermodynamics) , function (biology) , physics , risk analysis (engineering) , biology , heart failure , evolutionary biology , ejection fraction , quantum mechanics
Two‐dimensional echocardiography is a readily applicable method for the quantification of ventricular volumes. However, it is limited by assumptions regarding ventricular shape. Three‐dimensional echocardiography has emerged as a more accurate and reproducible approach to ventricular volume and functional assessment compared with two‐dimensional echocardiography. We review the principles of transthoracic rotational scanning and its clinical application for quantitative assessment of ventricular volume and function.