TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of quantitation of left ventricular volume, ejection fraction, and cardiac output in patients with atrial fibrillation by cine magnetic resonance imaging versus invasive measurements
AU - Hundley, W. Gregory
AU - Meshack, Benjamin M.
AU - Willett, DuWayne L.
AU - Sayad, Dany E.
AU - Lange, Richard A.
AU - Willard, John E.
AU - Landau, Charles
AU - Hillis, L. David
AU - Peshock, Ronald M.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Currently available invasive and noninvasive techniques for the determination of left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes, ejection fraction, and cardiac output are more time-consuming and potentially less accurate in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) than in those with sinus rhythm. Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can rapidly and accurately measure these variables in patients with sinus rhythm, its ability to do so in subjects with AF is not known. To determine if left ventricular volumes, ejection fraction, and cardiac output can be measured accurately in patients with AF using MRI, 26 subjects (13 women and 13 men, aged 15 to 76 years) in sinus rhythm (n = 13) or AF (n = 13) underwent MRI followed immediately by invasive measurements of these indexes. For those in AF, MRI measurements of left ventricular end-diastolic volume, end-systolic volume, stroke volume, ejection fraction, and cardiac output correlated well with catheterization measurements (r = 0.90, 0.90, 0.95, 0.85, and 0.90, respectively). In addition, the mean difference between MRI and catheterization measurements was similar in subjects with AF and in those with sinus rhythm. Compared with standard invasive measurements, MRI provides an accurate noninvasive determination of left ventricular volumes, ejection fraction, and cardiac output in patients with AF.
AB - Currently available invasive and noninvasive techniques for the determination of left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes, ejection fraction, and cardiac output are more time-consuming and potentially less accurate in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) than in those with sinus rhythm. Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can rapidly and accurately measure these variables in patients with sinus rhythm, its ability to do so in subjects with AF is not known. To determine if left ventricular volumes, ejection fraction, and cardiac output can be measured accurately in patients with AF using MRI, 26 subjects (13 women and 13 men, aged 15 to 76 years) in sinus rhythm (n = 13) or AF (n = 13) underwent MRI followed immediately by invasive measurements of these indexes. For those in AF, MRI measurements of left ventricular end-diastolic volume, end-systolic volume, stroke volume, ejection fraction, and cardiac output correlated well with catheterization measurements (r = 0.90, 0.90, 0.95, 0.85, and 0.90, respectively). In addition, the mean difference between MRI and catheterization measurements was similar in subjects with AF and in those with sinus rhythm. Compared with standard invasive measurements, MRI provides an accurate noninvasive determination of left ventricular volumes, ejection fraction, and cardiac output in patients with AF.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8914874
AN - SCOPUS:0030588472
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 78
SP - 1119
EP - 1123
JO - The American Journal of Cardiology
JF - The American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 10
ER -