Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance-based feature tracking in the assessment of myocardial mechanics in tetralogy of fallot: An intermodality comparison

Asif Padiyath, Paul Gribben, Joseph R. Abraham, Ling Li, Sheela Rangamani, Andreas Schuster, David A. Danford, Gianni Pedrizzetti, Shelby Kutty

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Abstract

We investigated intermodality agreements of strains from two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) feature tracking (FT) in the assessment of right (RV) and left ventricular (LV) mechanics in tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Patients were prospectively studied with 2DE and CMR performed contiguously. LV and RV strains were computed separately using 2DE and CMR-FT. Segmental and global longitudinal strains (GLS) for the LV and RV were measured from four-chamber views; LV radial (global radial strain [GRS]) and circumferential strains (GCS) measured from short-axis views. Intermodality and interobserver agreements were examined. In 40 patients (20 TOF, mean age 23 years and 20 adult controls), LV, GCS showed narrowest intermodality limits of agreement (mean percentage error 9.5%), followed by GLS (16.4%). RV GLS had mean intermodality difference of 25.7%. GLS and GCS had acceptable interobserver agreement for the LV and RV with both 2DE and CMR-FT, whereas GRS had high interobserver and intermodality variability. In conclusion, myocardial strains for the RV and LV derived using currently available 2DE and CMR-FT software are subject to considerable intermodality variability. For both modalities, LV GCS, LV GLS, and RV GLS are reproducible enough to warrant further investigation of incremental clinical merit.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)203-210
Number of pages8
JournalEchocardiography
Volume30
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • adult congenital heart disease
  • cardiac magnetic resonance
  • echocardiography
  • feature tracking
  • pediatric cardiology
  • tetralogy of Fallot

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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