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Comparative Study
. 2000 Aug;13(8):738-47.
doi: 10.1067/mje.2000.104649.

High-frame-rate tissue harmonic imaging enhances anatomic M-mode sections of the left ventricle in short-axis view

P P Palmes  1 , T Masuyama, K Yamamoto, H Kondo, Y Sakata, S Takiuchi, T Kuzuya, M Hori
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Comparative Study

High-frame-rate tissue harmonic imaging enhances anatomic M-mode sections of the left ventricle in short-axis view

P P Palmes et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2000 Aug.

Abstract

Background: High-frame-rate echocardiography (HFRE) and tissue harmonic imaging (THI) may improve image quality, thereby enabling anatomic M-mode sections of left ventricular (LV) wall segments to be visualized in various planes in the short-axis view.

Objectives: The goals of this study were to compare image quality between HFRE and conventional-frame-rate echocardiography (CFRE) and between fundamental imaging (FI) and THI, and to obtain anatomic M-mode values of basal short-axis LV segments from healthy subjects for use in the evaluation of abnormal segments in patients with myocardial infarction (MI).

Methods and results: The study included 28 healthy subjects and 15 patients with MI who underwent 2-dimensional echocardiography with an ultrasonographic system equipped with THI and anatomic M-mode. Left ventricular image cineloops at the basal short-axis view that were obtained with 3 combinations of imaging techniques (FI + CFRE, FI + HFRE, and THI + HFRE) were digitized and displayed side-by-side in random order for comparison by blinded readers. M-mode sections were done in 3 planes: anteroseptal-posterior, inferoseptal-lateral, and anterior-inferior basal segments. The THI + HFRE combination showed the best image quality with significant reduction in noise artifacts, resulting in a good signal-to-noise ratio and good tractability of all LV segments by anatomic M-mode. In healthy subjects, significant intersegmental differences existed in the diastolic and systolic thicknesses and in the percent systolic thickening of LV segments. In patients with MI, LV systolic thickening was significantly decreased in abnormal segments. No significant differences were noted in ejection fraction and fractional shortening among the 3 anatomic M-mode planes.

Conclusion: High-frame-rate tissue harmonic imaging improved image quality, thereby allowing reproducible anatomic M-mode measurements in various planes in the short-axis view and providing a convenient objective evaluation of global and regional LV function.

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