1071 Interobserver variability differences for cardiac MRI right ventricular (RV) volumetry and mass measures between st
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1071 Interobserver variability differences for cardiac MRI right ventricular (RV) volumetry and mass measures between standard and "modified" right ventricular short axis imaging in patients with chronic pulmonary insufficiency Amy Tipton*, Robert Fleck, Eric Crotty, Kathy Helton, Kan Hor, Janaka Wansapura and William Gottliebson Address: Cincinnati Childrens Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA * Corresponding author
from 11th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions Los Angeles, CA, USA. 1–3 February 2008 Published: 22 October 2008 Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10(Suppl 1):A196
doi:10.1186/1532-429X-10-S1-A196
Abstracts of the 11th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2008
Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1532-429X-10-S1-info.pdfThis abstract is available from: http://jcmr-online.com/content/10/S1/A196 © 2008 Tipton et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Introduction Standard MRI assessment of right ventricular (RV) volume and mass is based on assessment of a stack of "standard" short axis images (fig. 1) obtained with respect to the horizontal long axis of the heart. A "modified" RV short axis stack of images, based on cross-sections of the RV outflow long axis (fig. 2), has recently been demonstrated to overcome observed inaccuracies in definition of the tricuspid valve plane for the "standard" image stacks, and therefore to result in less interobserver variability and more reliable RV volume estimates in subjects with anatomically and functionally normal RVs.
Purpose To determine if the "modified" RV short axis stack would decrease interobserver variability of MRI RV measurements in patients with dilated RVs due to chonic pulmonary insufficiency from previously repaired Tetraolgy of Fallot.
Methods Prospective comparison of cardiac MRI scans of 9 adolescent/young adult patients (5 male, age range 10 to 25 years) with a diagnosis of TOF status post infantile/childhood transannular patch repair. Subjects underwent cardiac MRI for standard clinical indication on either a GE 1.5 Tesla Excite or a Siemens 3 Tesla Trio magnet. In addi-
tion to standard short axis cine SSFP stacks, a second stack of "modified" RV short axis SSFP cines was obtained perpendicular to the RV outflow long axis. RV volumetry and mass were assessed by planimetry of the endocardial and epicardial RV borders at end systole and end-diastole using Medis MASS software. RV volume and mass were measured for both sets of RV short axis stacks by 5 independent expert observers blinded to one another's data. Data were analyzed by comparison of mean standard deviations for each of the two methods.
Results Mean interobserver standard deviations for RV enddiastolic volume were 10.3 mL (modified) vs 15.2 mL (standard) and for RV end-systolic volume were 12.8 mL (modified) vs 17.7 mL (standard). Standard deviations in RV mass measurement were 9.1 g (modified) vs 7.3 g.
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