Quantification of right ventricular function with magnetic resonance imaging in children with normal hearts and with congenital heart disease

WA Helbing, SA Rebergen, C Maliepaard… - American heart …, 1995 - Elsevier
In clinical treatment of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) assessment of right
ventricular (RV) function is important. Available imaging techniques have been of limited …

Age-and gender-specific differences in left and right ventricular cardiac function and mass determined by cine magnetic resonance imaging

J Sandstede, C Lipke, M Beer, S Hofmann, T Pabst… - European …, 2000 - Springer
We examined possible age-and gender-specific differences in the function and mass of left
(LV) and right (RV) ventricles in 36 healthy volunteers using cine gradient-recalled echo …

Left ventricular myocardial mass determined by cross-sectional echocardiography in normal newborns, infants, and children

M Vogel, W Staller, K Bühlmeyer - Pediatric Cardiology, 1991 - Springer
Changes in left ventricular muscle mass may be an important diagnostic or prognostic
finding in children with congenital heart defects, but there are no data on normal mass as …

Functional cardiac MRI in preterm and term newborns

AM Groves, G Chiesa, G Durighel, ST Goldring… - Archives of Disease in …, 2011 - fn.bmj.com
Objective To use cardiac MRI techniques to assess ventricular function and systemic
perfusion in preterm and term newborns, to compare techniques to echocardiographic …

Accuracy and reproducibility of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for assessment of right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in children

X Lu, V Nadvoretskiy, L Bu, A Stolpen, N Ayres… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Measurement of right ventricular (RV) volumes and ejection fraction (EF) by
two-dimensional echocardiography has limited accuracy and reproducibility because of the …

Right ventricular volumes and systolic function by cardiac magnetic resonance and the impact of sex, age, and obesity in a longitudinally followed cohort free of …

M Foppa, G Arora, P Gona, A Ashrafi… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Cardiac magnetic resonance is uniquely well suited for noninvasive imaging
of the right ventricle. We sought to define normal cardiac magnetic resonance reference …

Assessment of the precision and reproducibility of ventricular volume, function, and mass measurements with ferumoxytol‐enhanced 4D flow MRI

K Hanneman, A Kino, JY Cheng… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To compare the precision and interobserver agreement of ventricular volume,
function, and mass quantification by 3D time‐resolved (4D) flow MRI relative to cine steady …

Limitations of expressing left ventricular mass relative to height and to body surface area in children

BJ Foster, T Gao, AS Mackie, BS Zemel, H Ali… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular (LV) mass varies in proportion to lean body mass (LBM) but
is usually expressed relative to height or body surface area (BSA), each of which functions …

[HTML][HTML] 3D Echo systematically underestimates right ventricular volumes compared to cardiovascular magnetic resonance in adult congenital heart disease patients …

AM Crean, N Maredia, G Ballard, R Menezes… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Three dimensional echo is a relatively new technique which may offer a rapid
alternative for the examination of the right heart. However its role in patients with non …

Real-time three-dimensional echocardiographic acquisition and quantification of left ventricular indices in children and young adults with congenital heart disease …

TJ Riehle, WT Mahle, WJ Parks, D Sallee III… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular (LV) contractility and
dimensions is important in the management of patients with congenital heart disease …